Chief Unlearning Officer Jack Uldrich explains how to unlearn–and change your life–without any words.
Unlearning Learning
August 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Needed: A New Educational Perspective
April 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
The other day I suggested there was great value in flipping the classroom. To better understand why it makes sense to allow children to watch lectures at home and do "homework" at school, read the following paragraph which was clipped from this excellent article by Salman Khan — Turning the Classroom Upside Down — in Saturday's [...]
What Do You “Kno” About Books?
March 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My daughter is in sixth grade and, for her age, she is on the smaller-size. Nevertheless, every morning I marvel as she straps on her backpack and trudges off to school. I'm pretty sure — pound-for-pound — she is carrying more weight than a Roman Centurion went into battle with 2000 years ago. It needn't [...]
10 Things Worthy of Teaching in Kindergarten
March 6, 2011 By 3 Comments
10. Teachers (and other experts) can be wrong. 9. Questions are better than answers. 8. Problems can have multiple solutions. 7. If something goes without saying, question it. 6. The opposite may also be true. 5. Certain things can be true and false at the same time. 4. Adults see and hear the world differently [...]
Question Your Intelligence
February 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
I have just started reading Ken Robinson's excellent book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. In it, Robinson discusses the many deficiencies of so-called intelligence tests such as the IQ test and the SAT. Primary among these standardized tests' shortcomings is the fact that they only test for a very narrow range of [...]
A Day for Experimenting and Unlearning
January 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
"If we want to prepare our children for the future, we need to stop preparing them for our past.” This statement by Dan Pink, the author of A Whole New Mind, was made in an address to Achieve Minneapolis this past November. Pink is absolutely right and this past week offers ample proof. On Wednesday, [...]
