Social Emotional Learning, Psychological Safety, Double Empathy, and the Social Model #3rdchat

I contributed some neurodiverisity, social model of disability, and pigeons of ed-tech perspective to the #3rdchat on social emotional learning. Thanks to the teachers present who very graciously welcomed input from parents. Q1: What does Social Emotional Learning mean to you? What does it look like in classrooms? A1: Pardon the intrusion of this parent … Continue reading Social Emotional Learning, Psychological Safety, Double Empathy, and the Social Model #3rdchat →

Obsession and the Art of Teaching

There’s lots of good stuff in this podcast with Gary Stager on The Lost Art of Teaching, but I’m particularly glad to see educators talking about and centering obsession. Embrace obsession. Autistic Special Interest and ADHD Hyperfocus crush learning curves when allowed to pursue passion. Less coercion, more obsession. Selected quotes: A teacher’s role, then, … Continue reading Obsession and the Art of Teaching →

Mindset Marketing, Behaviorism, and Deficit Ideology

They believe that they have our best interests at heart, and they will guide us – algorithmically, of course – to “good” academics and “good” thoughts and “good” feelings and “good” behavior, defining and designing, of course, what “good” looks like. Source: Education Technology and the New Behaviorism To be clear, the connection I am … Continue reading Mindset Marketing, Behaviorism, and Deficit Ideology →