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The Problems with Boredom

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/17/01/bored-out-their-minds

 

Deeper Learning

 

Jal Mehta, a professor of educaiton at Harvard who is studying engagement has said:

“We have to stop seeing boredom as a frilly side effect. It is a central issue. Engagement is a precondition for learning,” he adds. “No learning happens until students agree to become engaged with the material.”

New books coming out March 2019 on this topic.
In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School Hardcover – Mar 11 2019 by Jal Mehta, Sarah Fine

















From this video:

 



Socratic Seminars
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322762/
 

 
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