Emerging Strategies in Teaching and Learning
March 23, 2022
With major COVID-19 disruptions seemingly waning, educators and school leaders can reflect on what has and hasn’t worked during the two long years of the pandemic.
Some instructional strategies created or honed during the crisis have the potential to drive education improvements in the future.
This report looks at key teaching strategies that educators think have staying power, including: instructional acceleration; flexible or expanded learning time; and new approaches to building student leadership and academic habits. It even looks at how teachers are turning an ubiquitous and growing class nuisance—the smartphone—into a tool for learning.
As one Minnesota superintendent, David Law, put it: “How teachers organize and think about lessons and communicate with students has changed, and will change forever.”
Some instructional strategies created or honed during the crisis have the potential to drive education improvements in the future.
This report looks at key teaching strategies that educators think have staying power, including: instructional acceleration; flexible or expanded learning time; and new approaches to building student leadership and academic habits. It even looks at how teachers are turning an ubiquitous and growing class nuisance—the smartphone—into a tool for learning.
As one Minnesota superintendent, David Law, put it: “How teachers organize and think about lessons and communicate with students has changed, and will change forever.”
School & District Management From Our Research Center The Teaching Strategies Educators Say Will Outlast the PandemicTeachers and school leaders nationwide told Education Week about the interventions they plan to continue for the next five years.
Teaching Schools Want to 'Accelerate' Student Learning. Here’s What That MeansClassrooms provide a glimpse into how the strategy works. But acceleration also requires shifts in district priorities.
School & District Management Why Schools See Extra Time as the Solution to Making Up for Lost InstructionDistricts are combating pandemic learning disruptions by adding instructional time. Atlanta is among the few to extend the school day.
School Climate & Safety How Schools Use Covey’s '7 Habits of Highly Effective People'These schools are using popular management and leadership principles to get back in the academic groove.
Teaching Q&A 'Flipped Classes' After the Pandemic: Why These Teachers Say They'll Never Go BackSo-called 'flipped classes' evolved during the pandemic, and teachers say the model helps reengage students.
Teaching Video Flipped Learning: How It WorksThree teachers talk about how they use flipped learning in their classrooms (and why).
Classroom Technology Cellphones in Schools: A Huge Nuisance and a Powerful Teaching ToolIf you can’t beat cellphones, some educators say, find ways to make them work for learning.
