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Writing for parents and educators: what research knows today about how children learn and grow, and what that means in the classroom and at home.
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Holistic Competencies
Knowledge is not enough on its own.
For parents and educators
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The cognitive core that turns a child’s potential into learning.
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Read the article →Learning & KnowledgeArticle · 7 minHow growth becomes practice
From research to Monday morning’s lesson.
For educators
Read the article →Learning & KnowledgeArticle · 6 minThe value of research
Why research protects children from educational fads.
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Two reading paths, for two different questions.
FOR PARENTS
“What does my child need, beyond grades?”
Two pieces on what grows alongside knowledge, and why it matters at school and in life.
FOR EDUCATORS
“How do I bring research into tomorrow’s lesson?”
Two pieces on how research becomes design, and how to tell evidence from fashion.
Seven themes, following the logic of the CogniPraxis Framework.
Knowledge, the three dimensions of growth, progress, home and the world to come.
Research is not a seal of prestige.
EVERY PIECE GOES THROUGH FIVE STEPS
- 01QuestionWhat do we want to understand?
- 02EvidenceWhat does the research show as a whole?
- 03InterpretationWhat does it mean, and what not?
- 04PracticeWhat changes in the classroom and at home?
- 05LimitsWhat remains open?
Insights does not exist to justify what we already do.
It is the open space of CogniPraxis for examining ideas, data, uncertainties and different perspectives, and for changing our minds when the evidence calls for it.- 01Evidence before conclusionsWe start from the whole body of evidence, not from the view we want to support.
- 02Context before the “recipe”What works in one classroom or for one child does not work everywhere. We say so.
- 03Practice without oversimplificationWe suggest what can be done, without shrinking a complex issue.
- 04Clear limits to what we knowWe separate the certain from the probable and the open.
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