EPISODE · Feb 9, 2018 · 12 MIN
What, My Lessons Are Boring?
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"Your lessons are boring." No teacher wants to hear these words, but most teachers have taught lessons that put students to sleep. How can we plan lessons to avoid the "B" word? @larryferlazzo @ChrisHulleman56 @sarahjcooper01 @dlaufenberg @Bamradionetwork Diana Laufenberg is a Nationally Board certified Social Studies teacher currently teaching 7th graders in Flagstaff, AZ. Sarah Cooper teaches eighth-grade U.S. history and is Dean of Studies at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Canada. She is the author of Making History Mine. Chris Hulleman is principal investigator of the Motivate Lab and an associate professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in experimental social and personality psychology.
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"Your lessons are boring." No teacher wants to hear these words, but most teachers have taught lessons that put students to sleep. How can we plan lessons to avoid the "B" word? @larryferlazzo @ChrisHulleman56 @sarahjcooper01 @dlaufenberg @Bamradionetwork Diana Laufenberg is a Nationally Board certified Social Studies teacher currently teaching 7th graders in Flagstaff, AZ. Sarah Cooper teaches eighth-grade U.S. history and is Dean of Studies at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Canada. She is the author of Making History Mine. Chris Hulleman is principal investigator of the Motivate Lab and an associate professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in experimental social and personality psychology.
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