The Educator's Notebook

Respect For Place: Japan Cleans Up After Itself In The World Cup
New York Times - 11/27/22

““It’s a sign of respect for a place,” said Eiji Hattori, 32, a fan from Tokyo, who had a bag of bottles, ticket stubs and other stadium detritus. “This place is not ours, so we should clean up if we use it. And even if it is not our garbage, it’s still dirty, so we should clean it up.””
A Cognitive, Pedagogical Argument For Rote Learning
Law and Liberty - 11/21/22

“Practice a lot with writing, and eventually, you can write without worrying about punctuation. Practice a lot with arithmetic operations, and you can do them without conscious thought, allowing the brain to focus its deliberate, conscious thinking on more complex ideas.”

Cigarettes and Tobacco Are Way Down, E-Cigarettes And Marijuana Are Up
Gallup - 11/28/22

“From 2001 to 2003, an average of 35% of U.S. adults between the ages of 18 and 29 said they smoked cigarettes, compared with 12% in the latest estimate… Between 2019 and 2022, an average of 26% of young adults indicated they smoked marijuana, up from 17% between 2013 and 2015.”

Experiences Shape You More Than Things
Character Lab - 11/27/22

“Research shows that we easily habituate to material possessions. In contrast, experiences don’t lose their luster. Scientists sometimes refer to this asymmetry as the experiential advantage.”
Freudenfreude, The Opposite Of Schadenfreude
New York Times - 11/25/22

“Finding pleasure in another person’s good fortune is what social scientists call “freudenfreude,” a term (inspired by the German word for “joy”) that describes the bliss we feel when someone else succeeds, even if it doesn’t directly involve us. Freudenfreude is like social glue, said Catherine Chambliss, a professor of psychology at Ursinus College. It makes relationships “more intimate and enjoyable.””
Five Rules From Improv To Help With Confidence (And Humor)
NPR - 11/19/22
Four Ideas For Being More Disciplined
Nick Wignall - 10/9/22

On The Power And Importance Of Oral Exams
New York Times - 12/2/22

““It’s the immediacy of the feedback, the ability to answer a question and have someone say, ‘Tell me more,’ or ‘Explain this further,’ or ‘Given that, what about this’ — that’s what you don’t get on a written exam,” she said. This is a key point: Oral exams allow us to test a student’s intellectual agility and ability to synthesize in a way that is impossible on a standardized written test.”
On Teaching Strategies For Using Video In School Work
EdSurge - 11/25/22
How To Develop Self-Directed Learners
ASCD - 11/1/22

What Is The Fate of The Post-Pandemic City?
New York Times - 11/30/22

“As the pandemic endured and subsequent coronavirus variants prompted employers to postpone return-to-office plans, Van Nieuwerburgh noted, “Covid-induced migration patterns began to take on a more persistent character. Many households transitioned from temporarily renting a suburban home to purchasing a suburban home.”.. In Van Nieuwerburgh’s view — and that of many of his colleagues — what seemed like a transitory step to avoid infection has become a major force driving the future direction of urban America.”
Meet Eleonora Pucci, The Duster Of Michelangelo’s David
New York Times - 11/28/22
Google Releases Report On The Future Of Education
THE Journal - 11/28/22

““These reports are not intended to say, ‘this is the exact roadmap of how to do this or what the future is,’” Magiera explained. “These are more about what we are hearing these thought leaders saying from around the world and coalescing around these points, and here's how Google sees our role in it, and here's some exemplars of how it's already happening.”
Combat Video Games Start Including Mental Health?
Wired - 11/26/22

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