Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

"At any given time, an individual holds multiple goals related to achievement, belongingness, identity, autonomy, and sense of competence that are deeply personal, cultural, and subjective.” From How People Learn 2 #teaching #learning #education

Necessity is not the mother of invention. Folks were doing everything just fine until someone made it, someone else marketed it, and now everyone wants one.

Everything we do to make learning "easy" is a waste. It is hard.

and-written notes are associated with greater retention of information compared to those who take notes by typing.

Intense curiosity marks the creative mind.

Those with deeply held preconceptions are very unlikely to be creative.

"Tsundoku." It is strange to me that folks have unread books.

Imagination and rules (defined by the participants, not imposed by adults) are essential aspects of #play which leads to healthy brains. #parenting

Cognition is culturally mediated; what you know and how you know it depends on what you experience.

"Those who place any faith in intelligence must surely be out of their minds.... out of their minds."
We are James, we are.

Humans tend to dismiss them information that is inconsistent with their existing beliefs.

Humans are social animals. The culture in which we live influences what and how we learn.

While we attend to novelty, humans tend to surround themselves with familiar “things.”

“ Our digital data is like water to fish.” This is my new most favorite sentence ever.

In #curriculum design, we tend to value pedantry—the fussy attention to unimportant detail. #education

Curriculum and classroom must help students understand *their* world. Not our world, their world.

When you get a group of knowledgeable people together to define curriculum, they inevitably produce a list of topics. Unfortunately, "lists of topics" has not interested students ever.

Much of education “is yattering away at the cultural artifact without ever giving it a chance to speak.” -Carl Bereiter #education #teaching #curriculum

Convenience is the enemy of performance. #leadership #teaching

If you think you are pretty good at what you do, find a bigger and smarter and more challenging audience. See what you can learn.