The Whole Child
Children are the living message we send to a time we will never see.
John W. Whitehead
The Whole Child: Healthy, Safe, Engaged, Supported, Challenged
All children deserve an education that fully prepares them for college, work, and citizenship. That means more than just reading, writing, and math.
ASCD – The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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Campfires in Cyberspace: Primordial Metaphors for Learning in the 21st Century by David D. Thomburg, Ph.D.
An essay on teaching and learning where traditional pedagogy is viewed through the eyes of new knowledge and technologies.
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Effecting Change: Creating 21st Century Schools by Patrick F. Bassett
This NAIS PowerPoint presentation examines the change-resistant culture of schools, recommends strategies for effecting change, and presents examples of design issues in curriculum, program, schedule, and governance for creating 21st Century schools.
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Rethinking Reshaping Schools by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
For too long, devotion to the traditional school schedule and organization has hindered major school reform. Outside-of-the box structures can mean more time for innovative learning strategies.
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Describing 16 Habits of Mind by Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D. and Bena Kallick, Ph.D.
A Habit of Mind is having a disposition toward behaving intelligently when confronted with problems, the answers to which are not immediately known: dichotomies, dilemmas, enigmas, and uncertainties. How does one perform under challenging conditions that demand strategic reasoning, insightfulness, perserverance, creativity, and craftsmanship?
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All Kinds of Minds – Dr. Mel Levine
Various articles on understanding differences in learning.
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Teaching To the Multiple Intelligences – G. Traylor
Using multicultural childrenʻs songs, games, and dances
Hawai‘i Orff Schulwerk Association Workshop
February 19, 2005
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