When educators consider the term computational thinking (CT), they often think of math or coding. But if you ask Daniel Fung, vice principal and English teacher at the Sham Tseng Catholic School in ...
In the early 2000s something new appeared on the education scene, adapted from the worlds of innovation and business where it was developed. It was called, simply and descriptively, design thinking.
David Gonski’s report on Australia’s schooling system identifies three key weaknesses and proposes a set of pathways towards improvement. These weaknesses include decline in student achievement over ...
In a March 25, 2014, Commentary, writer and former teacher David Ruenzel asserts that the Common Core State Standards’ emphasis on a “thinking curriculum” will require teachers as well as students to ...
Smart students don’t always play chess, but students who play chess always become smart. Chess teaches patience, critical thinking, problem solving and reasoning. It teaches students to not only see ...
India's education system takes a leap into the future with the launch of a new artificial intelligence (AI) and computational thinking curriculum for classes 3-8, designed to equip students with ...
The skills that underpin science should be better incorporated into the rest of the curriculum. Thinking image from www.shutterstock.com MATHS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION: We’ve asked our authors about the ...