In my last article, I unpacked a powerful choir teacher's lesson that I was privileged to witness not long ago. In this one, I want to give you an exclusive peak at one of the 40+ videos in the new Principles of Learning Course I've got available.
This video lesson comes in the ninth module of the course: Teachers Must be Learners.* In the module, we take all the principles of learning we've unpacked in the course and apply them to our own lives and minds as learners.
With that context, I'll let the video do the rest of the work. Need more reason to watch? In the video I share with you what my dream job would've been had I been born in the Middle Ages.
Does my new Principles of Learning Course interest you? If so, please consider enrolling today and joining our first cohort. (First cohort gets exclusive DSJR office hours, so…what're ya waiting for? 😉)
Best,
DSJR
*Here are all the lessons in the course:
- Introduction
- Why this course?
- How this course fits with DSJR's books and blog
- Why principles?
- Principle 1 — Learning is hard
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – Normalize Struggle​
- ​Practical Application 2 – Reduce struggle by teaching your NOVICES to OVERLEARN​
- ​Practical Application 3 – Minimize the Distraction Potential of Your Classroom and Lessons​
- Principle 2 — Tests are the best
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – Maintenance and Elaborative Rehearsal Examples from my Classroom​
- ​Practical Application 2 – Make Tests PRODUCTIVE​
- ​Practical Application 3 – Teach Students to Self-Test​
- Principle 3 — Knowledge is a superpower
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – Leverage Incidental Learning with a Feast of Knowledge​
- ​Practical Application 2 – School is a Word Game​
- ​Practical Application 3 – Create a Jay Leno List for Your Discipline and *Have Fun* with It​
- Principle 4 — We remember what we think about
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – Analyze Lessons and Attention Grabbers through the Lens of “What Are Students Likely to Think About?”​
- ​Practical Application 2 – Think Twice Before Using Discovery-Based or Inquiry Learning​
- ​Practical Application 3 – Don't Be Afraid to Use Memorization or Mnemonics​
- Principle 5 — Literacy is more than English
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – Reading PURPOSEFULLY and OFTEN​
- ​Practical Application 2 – Writing PURPOSEFULLY and OFTEN​
- ​Practical Application 3 – Speaking PURPOSEFULLY and OFTEN​
- Principle 6 — Play with power tools
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – Metacognition​​
- ​Practical Application 2 – Concrete examples and elaboration​​
- ​Practical Application 3 – Interleaving and spacing​
- Principle 7 — Motivation is malleable
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – Generating Value​
- ​Practical Application 2 – Woodenize Everything​
- ​Practical Application 3 – Define Success​
- Principle 8 — Myths abound
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – The Trouble with “Learning Styles”​​
- ​Practical Application 2 – Why Students Can't Think Like Experts​
- ​Practical Application 3 – What Is Developmentally Appropriate?​
- Principle 9 — Teachers must be learners
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – Write About Your Practice​
- ​Practical Application 2 – Think Like an Apprentice​
- ​Practical Application 3 – Work with Your Colleagues​​
- Principle 10 — Teaching is an art
- ​Intro​
- ​Practical Application 1 – What in this course REINFORCES?​
- ​Practical Application 2 – What in this course CHALLENGES?​
- ​Practical Application 3 – What's NEXT in your practice?
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