Classrooms as Think Tanks
Part 2: Greasing the Wheels of Cognitive Flexibility
By Jennifer Warren | August 21, 2018
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9:33 am

I’m guilty of having spent a lot of time in my English class teaching students how to dig in to a particular stance and set conclusions. There were lessons on good thesis statements, on finding evidence that would support that thesis, and even lessons on...
Sparking Students’ Curiosity in the Wild
By Erin Mutch | August 8, 2018
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7:36 am

Wind-swept, bug-bitten and sun-kissed we returned to Nym Lake by retracing our steps from our first day into Quetico Park back through the well-travelled Batchewaung portage. On the return trip, rather than looking sheepishly at the ground when decisions were...
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