Posts Tagged ‘InspiredLearning’
The Value of Experience 經驗的價值所在
This week MAK has done something unprecedented in Morrison’s history: we have sent our entire secondary school on off-campus learning trips during the same week. While we have had multi-day Impact trips for each of our secondary grades for several years now, an Impact Week is a new kind of experience for our staff and…
Read MoreWhat It’s All For: ‘Success’ at MAK 在MAK,「成功」是什麼？
Two summers ago our MAK faculty read the book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck, and since then some of the precepts espoused in that text have seeped into our school’s language. The premise of the book, which can be seen visually here, is that we should have a growth mindset rather…
Read MoreGetting Rid of the Singular Grade in Middle School: Separating Product from Process 在中學脫離單一分數：由學習過程中區分出學習成果
For decades, schools have been giving out singular grades for student performance in a course. “How did you do in geometry this year?” “A-.” “Are you good at English?” “Well, I got a B in LA this year. “ 幾十年來，學校一直依學生的表現提供每個課程的單獨分數。 甲∶「今年的幾何你學得怎麼樣？」 乙∶「我得了A-。」 甲∶「你的英文很好嗎？」 乙：「嗯……今年的語言藝術課，我只得到B。」 But often these scores aren’t truly reflective of what’s going on…
Read MoreFostering Inspired Thinking 培育激發思考
This summer I read a great book by George Couros that I particularly enjoyed because it resonates with a number of the thoughts I’ve shared in this space. In the opening pages of The Innovator’s Mindset he writes: 今年夏天我讀了一本讓我特別享受在其中的好書，這本是喬治庫羅斯（George Couros）的著作。因為它與我先前在這裡分享過的文章有許多共鳴之處。在《創新者的心態》一書的前幾頁中寫道： “Inspiration is one of the chief needs of today’s students. Kids walk into schools full…
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