List of 5,000 Educational and Better Thinking Tools
"The teacher's problem is that of inducing a vital and personal experiencing." -John Dewey, The Child and the Curriculum For teachers of composition, Dewey's "problem" is ultimately one of relevance. Our students are growing up in a markedly different world from that of our own adolescences. Much that we accepted as permanent has become obsolete. Today's learning platforms are not actually learner centric. They want the students to be locked within their apps and websites, learn ONLY from their own content and their own preferred formats. But the way we learn in the 21st century is far too rich. We learn from websites, blogs, forums, podcasts, infographics, videos and much more. Discovering the right kind of learning material for YOU at the right time is still too hard. Certainly, this rapid change is immediately evident in composition. One of our challenges as writing instructors is recognizing that the same writing skills and processes that only ten years ago seemed rooted have been uprooted. For example, in an age of emails, what letter-writing skills will the student need?