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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about our learners these days.  As teachers, we strive to make an impact on their lives by pointing them in the direction of their future.  Now maybe it’s just me, but the more I think and the more I dig, I’m beginning to feel like we’re failing to […]

How do we take our writers to the next level?  Sure, we can teach them to generate and organize ideas, but how do we get them to engage with these ideas on a more critical level? It’s all about perspective, brave teachers.  Getting our students to appreciate just how intricate the conversation is involves an awareness of […]

Teacher: “Ok, teams, for your research, you’ll need to examine the issue through multiple perspectives.  Mmm-kay?” Student (during presentation of research): “When I did my research from the environmental perspective, I found that…” In courses like AP Seminar or AICE Global Perspectives & Research, this is all too often the talk.  And let me tell you […]