Articles for Teachers

On this page I have tried to bring together a collection of articles most likely to be of interest and relevance to teachers. I have made some attempt to sort them into categories, but you may need to browse to find exactly what you are looking for.
Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills and Problem Solving Literacy and English	Using ICTs in the classroom Research Skills Leadership

Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood Articles about the effects of commercialism on childhood	Collaborative Learning National Institute for Science Education Structure, preparing students, forming groups, group roles, group dynamics, and more...	Crash Course in Learning Theory A blog focusssed on creating passionate users
Teaching and Learning Articles New Horizons for Learning, Online Journal. Links to numerous articles about teaching, learning, multiple intelligences, and the development of thinking skills	Concept to Classroom From Thirteen Ed and Disney This site has some excellent topics on education including constructivism, web quests, home and family connections, multiple intelligences, and many more. Each begins with discussion of the concept, then moves into practical classroom applications.	Lifelong Learning New Horizons for Learning, Online Journal Links to articles about learning in Early Childhood, Adolescence, Higher Education, the Workplace and in the Senior Years.
The Jigsaw Classroom Elliot Aronson A website about using the jigsaw technique for teaching and learning. Links to other collaborative learning sites	Encyclopedia of Educational Technology San Diego State University A site full of short articles. Most are about desgning online content, but it includes several about cognition and learning	Teaching, Implementing Basics, Special Education and more.. McRel (Mid Continent Research and Learning) Download articles from this site
Boys Forward Ian Lillico's Website Looks at strategies that teachers can use to help and understand boys	Understanding by Design Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe "Helps us to design instruction that promotes understanding and student engagement"	Habits of Mind Arthur Costa Costa's website where you can find out about the habits of mind and explore omplications for the classroom
21st Century Learning Initiative Bath, UK What's new, publications and initiative activities	How to Foster Powerful Student Voice CES Change Lab This is a panel discussion on the topic	Funderstanding Brain based learning
SciMast - Classroom Compass Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Lots of topics covered at this site including constructivism, cooperative learning, learning without walls, promoting diversity. has a math/science focus.
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Bloom's Revised Taxonomy A planning framework, posters, a powerpoint presentation, and a number of pre-planned topics across the curriculum	Stop and Think About It Definitions of thinking, classroom ideas and links to web sites.	Visual Ranking Tool This is one of many interesting, new and different ways you can use technology to improve education in your classroom. Making a list is usually straightforward and requires little thought. But when it comes to ordering and prioritizing items in that list, higher-level skills of analysis and evaluation are put to use. The Visual Ranking Tool brings focus to the thinking behind making ordered lists. Students identify and refine criteria as they assign order or ranking to a list. They must explain their reasoning and can compare their work with each other in a visual diagram. This tool supports activities where students need to debate differences, reach consensus, and organize ideas
Teaching and Learning Articles New Horizons for Learning, Online Journal. Links to numerous articles about teaching, learning, multiple intelligences, and the development of thinking skills	Activating and Engaging Habits of Mind Arthur Costa Introduces Arthur Costa's Habits of Mind, and begins to explore what it means for classroom practice	Lifelong Learning New Horizons for Learning, Online Journal Links to articles about learning in Early Childhood, Adolescence, Higher Education, the Workplace and in the Senior Years.
Essington Schools An overview of the school's focus on learning how to learn. The left hand margin has links to a range of thinking skills, Blooms, Six Hats, Thinkers Keys, Information Literacy and more	Brain Connection From Scientific Learning Use the 'Education' link to explore issues targetted to schools, the 'Explore' to look at animations explaining how the brain works, or the 'Library' tab to find specific resources.	Meet the 8 Intelligences Literacy Works Website Organised in four sections - introduction, Assessment, Practice and Resources, this site explores Gardiner's Multiple Intelligences
Problem Based Learning Resources Technology for Learning This site provides links to numerous other sites. Links are organised according to Theory, Resources, Design, Implementation, Problems and Assessment	Surf Aquarium Walter McKenzie This site looks at the theory of multiple intelligences and of technology integration. It then provides links to projects which focus on the use of multiple intelilgences and which are structured around their use.	Graphic Organisers Download some from this site
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FutureLab Research Download these free pdf files documenting new ideas and directions - Learning with Handheld Technologies, Learner Voice, Games and Learning, and many more	TILT Technologies These are not articles, but videocasts addressing a range of ICT topics eg TEchnology for thinking, math websites, excel in the classroom, embedded flash video, New topics always being added. Watch online or download for later viewing.	2Learn Together "How can we create new telecollaborative learning opportunities for our students? "Show me How..." sheds some light along the path of creating and implementing successful--"worth it"-- telecollaborative projects, all the way from creating a collaborative classroom to building, managing and evaluating your project."
Digital Immingrants, Digital Natives Marc Prensky An article about today's students and their learning needs	Building a New Paradigm Explore the Entree, Main Course and Dessert!	One Computer Classroom Read lots of ideas about how to make the best ouse of one computer in a classroom
Technology in Education North Central Regional Education Laboratory Readings under policy, planning, teaching and learning, assessment , research, e-learning.	eSchool News - video in schools This page is about video, but there are many other articles about using technology in schools	Communities Technology for Learning Building virtual communities. Looks at some of the issues and the different types of projects that are available
Professional Reading This site has links to lots of articles on a range of ICT based topics including copyright, plagiarism, online research, acceptable use policies, learning objects, videoconferencing and more	Instructional Technology and Distance Learning Read the monthly articles from this online journal	Technology for Learning Founder Hilarie Davis Community, Reflection, Curriculum, Ways of Knowing and Connections form the themes of the papers on this site.
Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology Selecting, choosing, using and delivering	The School Quarterly New Zealand Online Magazine This magazine focusses on information literacy, and as such, also looks closely at information literacy and ICTs	Filling the Tool Box Jamie McKenzie Classroom strategies to engender student questioning
Staff Development Jamie McKenzie Jamie's articles about how teachers learn new technologies
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Guided Reading An explanation of what it is and how to do it	Guided Reading at Lindisfarne North An example of how one school does it	Literacy and English Links to lots of articles about, and examples of, Literacy
Critical Literacy What is it?Why is it important? What does it look like in classrooms?	About English and Literacy From Tas Ed, this has links to a number of short articles	Targeting Text Targeting Text was a collaborative project the purpose of which was to focus on the place of guided writing in a balanced writing program.
Critical Literacy - The Web's Great potential Paul Mather, 1996 Critical literacy as a pre-requisite skill for using the Internet	Teaching and Developing Vocabulary An article for teachers with theory and explicit teaching ideas
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Beyond Information Gathering Professional Learning Online Tool from Aussie Schoolhouse. This site looks at plagiarism, effective questioning, curing read and regurgitate, and promoting creative and critical thinking.	Inspired Investigations Jamie McKenzie Challenging students to explore deep and intriguing questions	Question Mark Jamie McKenzie An educational journal devoted to questions, questioning, sound intelligence, strategic reading and quality teaching.
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Dimensions of Leadership ©1996 Valda Svede, Diane Jeudy-Hugo, Paul Begley & Associates Provides links to numerous articles on different facts of leadership	Continuous Improvement Victoria Bernhardt	Education for the Future Download Bernhardt articles
Bluepoint Leadership Development A range of topical and thought--provoking articles about leadership	Building a New Paradigm Explore the Entree, Main Course and Dessert!	Innovation Unit From the UK. Download a range of articles about leadership and innovation.
TeacherNet A-Z of School Leadership

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Last checked and updated 21st August 2009
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