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WELCOME to Teach Outside the Box! My name is Brooke Brown, and I’m so happy you stopped by! Specializing in all things literacy and STEM, I am currently in my 18th year of teaching in Oklahoma. I spent 10 years in the general education classroom teaching first, second, and third grad...
At a ceremony overlooking the Thames in London on June 10th,Widgets Inc.edged out four worthy finalists to be awarded the 2019 British Council ELTon for Course Innovation, the most prestigious coursebook award in the industry. It was an outstanding achievement, given the impressive competition. Amo...
Marie viewed this shift in context as an opportunity to "think outside of the box", to be creative and divert from a traditional lesson planning template. As we read the examples from Marie's lesson plan assignments, we think with posthumanist theories of entanglement, intra...
It can mask some of the scary noises coming from outside your house more effectively. Before anyone mentions it: that’s right, heavy metal has not ranked well in the dogs and music studies, tending to make shelter dogs more agitated (Kogan et al., 2012). That’s not surprising. But ...
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THNINKING OUTSIDE-THE-BOX. The notion 'thinking outside the box' is far more than just another management cliché. It is a very powerful concept worthy of deeper consideration in today's complex and rapidly changing world.
Ideas come from curiosity and the imagination and can take many forms. Requires logical consistency and a focus on details and continuity, while still thinking “outside the box” Knowledge creation can be promoted through “questions of wonderment” ...
3) Experienced teachers also reduce student absences, encourage students to read for recreational purposes outside of the classroom, serve as mentors for young teachers and help to create and maintain a strong school community. Theroad to keeping experienced teachers isn’t exactly mysterious. ...
where human teachers truly shine. They can guide learners through complex coding challenges, encourage creative thinking, and teach them how to approach real-world problems. Human teachers foster critical thinking and ingenuity, enabling learners to think outside the box and develop innovative solutions...