The following are the links to articles, blog post, YouTube videos, TED Talks and books that were used or referenced in the PIDP course 3250 – Instructional Strategies
How to Fold a Shirt in Under 2 Seconds
Not Suited For School But Suited for Learning
You will find this video, learning philosophy and links to many of my presentations, and my favorite blog posts on my blog About page.
Connectint the Dots VS Collecting the Dots
Fixed vs Growth Mindset
The power of yet | Carol S Dweck
The Power of belief — mindset and success | Eduardo Briceno | TEDxManhattanBeach
You will find a very useful Fixed vs Growth Mindset graphic and a short comparison of how the Fixed Vs Growth Mindset is equivalent to the Print Vs Digital Information Age on the blog post Fixed Vs Growth Mindset = Print Vs Digital Information Age
Carol Dweck’s book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Learning Styles Don’t Exist
Visible Learning
John Hattie argues:
“short of physical and psychological abuse, almost anything you do in the classroom will positively impact student achievement…key is to figure out what promotes achievement…”
You can find links to a couple of Hattie videos in which he explains his research and the key ideas in his book Visible Learning on the page Visible Learning. You will also find addiitonal useful ideas regarding student achievemnt on the post This Will Make You Rethink Improving Student Achievement.
Motivation
Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
Daniel Pink’s book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us is definately worth the read.
Change in Focus
The Head Won’t Go Where the Heart Hasn’t Been
Benjamin Bloom argued that we need to address all the domains and find a balance. We often overemphasize the cognitive domain, relegate the psychomotor to the trades or other overtly physical disciplines and limit the affective domain to ethical or values issues. This limitation will severely limit the change that is necessary for learning. The blog post The Head Won’t Go Where the Heart Hasn’t Been post includes a more detailed explanation of the importance of the affective domain and has links to the Behavioral Science (BS) Guys video How to Change People Who Don’t Want to Change and also a related TED Talk Why TED Talks don’t change people’s behaviors.
Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson
Ken Robinson’s books Out of Our Minds: The Power of Being Creative and The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything expand on the ideas in this video are definitely worth the read.
Additional Books mentioned and worth reading:
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Anders Ericsson is the original researcher on deliberate practice who shares his decades of research and experience on how expert use deliberate practice to take their performance to world-class levels. More importantly, he shares how we can all use deliberate practice to improve our performance.
End of Average
Todd Rose uses research to show that our culture has adopted the myth of average and attempts to design everything for this average person who doesn’t exist. Rose argues that we should rather embrace our individuality and use it to excel in a world that wants everyone to be the same.
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How.
Daniel Coyle points to research that shows that talent is not just a genetic gift but it is rather the result of chunking of activities and deliberate practice that helps to build up myelin around your neural pathways.
