When we were in school, there were certain moments that were considered to be learning dead zones. For us, these were times when a teacher showed a movie, or when other students were presenting their own book reports or science projects that we were not so interested in. The number one learning dead zone: absences. Whether you were sick or just taking a day off, when you were absent, you were absent from the classroom.Teacher's absences, too, whether for professional development or illness, were times for student celebration. When a teacher was away, movies were shown, and active learning took its own break. [More]














Source: So Long, Academic Dead Zones