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#TwistedTropes 30. Halley's boring comet

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Some teachers dispatch the same content year in, year out, almost as though they can't be bothered to update and research their content (almost as though? Maslow's awkward hierarchy 25. Unported License. Unported License. That's not teaching, it's torture. No wonder so many students struggle to motivate themselves.

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The importance of being networked

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This is a deep seated human trait that many psychologists down through the years have researched. Think of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of human needs (1954), and note that 'belonging' to a group and gaining respect from others are fundamental to his theory. References Maslow, A. Unported License. London: Harper Row.

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#TwistedTrope 23: Dale's crappy cone

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And yet it still caught on as a credible theory to explain memory, because those who believed in it didn't do their research and/or failed to question its validity. Next time: 24: Maslow's awkward hierarchy Previous posts in the #TwistedTropes series 1. Unported License. Pavlov's drooling dog 2. Chekhov's smoking gun 3.

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Video for assessment

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Here''s the process: Students are introduced to a new concept, presented with some basic content and guidelines, and asked to go away and research more deeply around their topic. Each student in the group is given a different topic to research. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Shocking behaviour

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The Theory Stanley Milgram was active in social psychology research during the sixties and was influenced by the events of the Second World War. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Unported License. Lave Situated Learning 25. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Merizow Transformative Learning 28.

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Words in mind

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There has been research into the impact of different lighting schemes in classrooms (red light wakes us up in the morning, blue lights have a calming influence). Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Unported License. Stephen Heppell has written about the positive impact aromas such as baking bread can have on learning in schools.