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the difference between a lecture that lands and one that lulls a room into checking phones.
means the deliberate strategies a teacher uses to move knowledge from their head into someone else's, on purpose.
from the word method traces to greek methodos, a path or pursuit — literally the road you take to get somewhere, which is exactly what a lesson plan is.
oldest surviving methodsocratic questioning, still unbeaten at 2400 years old
retention gaplectures alone yield roughly 5 percent recall a day later
active recall winstesting yourself beats rereading notes, studies consistently show
montessori agemaria montessori opened her first classroom in 1907, rome
for instance
socratic method — athens, questions instead of answers, still used in law schools
montessori classroom — self-directed learning, child-sized furniture, 1907 rome origin
flipped classroom — videos at home, homework in class, popularized by khan academy
finnish school model — minimal homework, no standardized tests until age 18, top pisa scores