In their new book Teaching Better, Brad and Genevieve Ermeling describe their first-hand experience with Japanese lesson study and the important lessons they learned from collaborating with colleagues ...

Vicki S. Collet agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Collaborative Lesson Study: ReVisioning Teacher Professional Development. Vicki Collet is an associate professor of curriculum and ...

Anne Guarnera is a doctoral candidate in Spanish at the University of Virginia. You can find her discussing teaching and learning on Twitter as @aguarnera and learn more about her work on her website.

While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...

Collaborative learning in virtual classrooms can transform passive lessons into dynamic, student-led experiences that build critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills. With the right ...

Editor’s note: This story on collaborative learning originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for many years, but the ...

Lesson Study (jugyou kenkyu in Japanese) is a structured, collaborative process in which a small group of teachers together identify a learning challenge their students face, plan a research lesson to ...

What does the "classroom of the future" look like? In contrast to the traditional lecture-oriented room, this increasingly popular kind of space, known as a "studio classroom," emphasizes group ...

The study, “Using Framing Theory to Facilitate the Influence of Collaborative Learning on Teacher Noticing: A Case of Chinese Lesson Study,” by Zuo and Qi from the Beijing Normal University was ...

Gamification and game-based learning are transforming classrooms by making lessons more interactive and goal-oriented. From Kahoot quizzes to leaderboard challenges, these approaches can enhance ...

Schools aren’t just where kids go to learn reading, math, science and history. The social skills they learn – like how to build and maintain relationships with peers – are also critical. This is ...

Collaborative learning in college is an instructional approach where students work together in small groups to solve problems, complete tasks, or discuss concepts. It emphasizes shared responsibility, ...