Martin: No Right Brain Left Behind

They have lesson plans for a bunch of subjects and you can upload your own, but there are some pretty tight stipulations… 

Is Your Lesson Right for NEA.org?

You must be an NEA member to publish your lesson on the NEA.org website. You do not need to be a member to read, print or use the lessons found here, but only NEA members may publish.

Your lesson is right for NEA.org if it is:

• Relevant to a National Audience of Teachers
  The lesson’s subject should be relevant to a wide range of teachers across the country. For example, it should be just as relevant to a high school history teacher in Arkansas as a high school history teacher in Alaska or Maine.
• Addresses Common Subjects
  Lessons addressing multiple subjects will be beneficial to the greatest number of teachers, but your lesson should address at least one of the following subject areas:
   
  • Arts (Art Connections, Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts)
  • Behavioral Studies
  • Career Education (Agricultural Education, Arts and Communication, Business Education, Engineering Education, Family/Consumer Sciences, Health Education)
  • Civics
  • Economics
  • Foreign Language
  • Geography
  • Health
  • History (Historical Understanding, United States History, World History)
  • Language Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Technology

20,000 views in 2 days. It’s great food for thought!

I don’t think I would advocate having students learn through only one method, but this will provide great data on game teaching effectiveness and will hopefully spawn smaller versions that other schools can adopt.

Happy reading everyone!

This is the test referenced by NRBLB. I am not sure this is enough to say that creativity is decaying in schools…I will need to look into more around it. 

Finland’s education system is the top rated in the world, but their kids put in the least amount of school hours. 

The key highlight is that Finland has a very different cultural mindset than more competitive nations. They believe that high performers should be in the same classes as the slower students. Families always read to their children at home and know their children’s teachers personally.

They did not talk about the difference in income inequalities between countries, but I imagine that is a big part of the pie in the United States.