Consider my friend and former colleague Mrs. D. Until recently, she was a first and second grade students teaching for decades. She knows the students that arrive in her classroom are diverse; some are readers and writers, some some are still trying to learn the alphabet. Mrs. D. is always looking for the next thing Read More
Month: January 2022
Why We Value Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky, a man who was born November 5, 1896 and died at 38 years of age. His death at such a young age was due to tuberculosis. Vygotsky attended school in Orsha, which is is north of Moscow, Russia. After he completed his degree at Moscow University in 1917, he taught literature and psychology Read More
Elevator Pitch on The Curse of Knowledge
Humans are learners. Humans are also the products of their environments, and once something from the environment is learned it is very difficult to unlearn it and what we have learned influences what we learn in the future.