It was a huge honor for me to have the opportunity to spend the past 1 1/2 days at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education in Nashville, Tennessee for NAIS’ Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools. This was an amazing opportunity to hear from thought-leaders across the county and engage in a discussion centered around advances in the science of learning and what it tells us about teaching, curricula, and schools. Of course, I can’t capture the experience in notes, but I did want to share as many notes as possible:
- Neuroscience and the Implications for Learning and Teaching (Mary Helen Immordino-Yang & Joanna Christodoulou)
- 21st Century Skills and Outcomes (Ken Kay & Charles Fadel)
- Teachers & Teaching (Teacher focus: Rick Hess & Joel Rose; Teaching focused: Jal Mehta & Carolyn Strom)
- Developing 21st Century Teachers and Schools (Teacher education: Marcy Singer-Gabella; Schools: John Katzman & Russ Whitehurst)
And if you don’t have time to read through all of the above, I’ll try to choose some highlights:
We map info, even the most complex cognition, by hooking that knowledge to basic survival mechanisms via Immordino-Yang #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
Effective instruction can *rewire* the reading brain! via @Joanna22c #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
80% of the achievement gap (in reading) can be attributed to summer time via @Joanna22c #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
There is no learning (complex, meaningful thought or memory) without emotion (b/c our brain has evolved to make it so) #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
How do we get a 1st grader from assignment A to assignment B? #collaboration #revision #iteration #NAISDeepDive pic.twitter.com/k13cxvbabb
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
How do we get teachers as co-creators of what great schools look like? via @rickhess99 #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
Why are teachers 9-month employees? What other profession is like this? Why aren’t teachers 12-month w summer for PD/research? #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
“All learning is social. The faster our networks grow, the faster our learning will grow.” ~@jal_mehta #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
ABC Framewk: B=Basic Beliefs: tchr belief&perceptions have big impact on ss performance; belief in potential & rewiring ~Strom #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015
Prep programs need learning zones- tchrs have opps to develop practice by seeing, trying, get feedback, repeat ~Singer-Gabella #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 20, 2015
“Good work is done by multiple people” (& we need multi-generational groups) ~Singer-Gabella #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 20, 2015
Love this mentoring program for new teachers @PunahouSchool: http://t.co/XnOJN26R2X via @FletcherRuth #NAISDeepDive pic.twitter.com/rxjsqNo4Cc
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 20, 2015
John Katzman talking about the evolving role of teacher & school as curator; we need this to be a collaborative process #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 20, 2015
Innovate knowing the likelihood of failure & need to innovate #PrepareForFailure#ReviewAndRevise ~Whitehurst #NAISDeepDive
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 20, 2015
A huge thank you to NAIS for this opportunity to begin these conversations. I’m thankful to have connected with many leaders who I admire very much. Lots to think about as I head back home to close out what has been an exciting academic year full of so many incredible opportunities for me to learn and grow!
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