Letting Your Learners Experience Productive Struggle — User Generated Education

The question of how best to engage students so that they play an active role in their learning is one that educators have been asking for generations. Below is a post from Dr. Jackie Gerstein which discusses ways to help students embrace the natural struggles that come with learning. In her piece, she talks specifically about student engagement and productivity in connection with the Maker Movement. Check out the link to her work below. tlb

I came into teaching through a non-traditional, backdoor route – through a graduate degree in counselor education and through being an adventure therapist, whereby I took at-risk youth on extended wilderness trips. There have been a plethora of lessons I learned through these experiences that have served me well as a teacher. As part of […]

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