From Pedagogy to Heutagogy: Reshaping the Education Mold
The risk of shifting our teaching practices from pedagogical to heutagogical is in our own reluctance as educators to relinquish control...
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Greg Mullen
Jan 87 min read
Mindset Matters: What is keeping schools from adopting and adapting CBE as a mindset and practice?
Scroll down past this ChatGPT-created essay to read my reasons for creating it. **The following essay was crafted using ChatGPT from the...
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Greg Mullen
Dec 15, 20238 min read
Charting a Course for Change: Navigating the Shift to a Student-Centric Classroom
In the realm of education, the call for student-centric classrooms is more than a mere echo—it's a transformative journey that educators...
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Greg Mullen
Oct 30, 202333 min read
An Essay on Increasing Intrinsic Motivation in the Adolescent Classroom
Developing intrinsic motivation in adolescents is important as it can positively impact various aspects of their lives, such as academic per
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Greg Mullen
Oct 25, 20227 min read
Evidence does not equal learning.
I've known too many teachers who do not use grades effectively. The challenge, of course, wasn't ever that their grading practices were...
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Greg Mullen
Jun 21, 20226 min read
Mistakes in a Standards-Based Approach
This image lists five mistakes I've not just experienced as a classroom teacher but have talked about with way too many educators over time.
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Greg Mullen
May 9, 202213 min read
Six Core Values for Who We Are and How We Learn
At the end of my last post, Elements of Culture, I wrote how Culture and Values overlap but are still distinct layers with distinct...
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Greg Mullen
Mar 21, 202211 min read
Culture of Self-Directed Schooling
How would I describe the culture of a self-directed schooling environment? When I think about “culture”, I often imagine the sound of...
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Greg Mullen
Nov 19, 20216 min read
The Problem with Classroom Teaching
How well do you know which theory of instruction you are implementing in your classroom, and the benefits and detractions of that theory?
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Greg Mullen
Oct 28, 202110 min read
The Value of Compliance
There is a difference between teaching what and when and teaching how and why. A student can advance through elementary, middle, and high...
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Greg Mullen
Jun 25, 202110 min read
Diet and Lifestyle: A Change Experiment
This post is not explicitly related to education, but is something I found particularly fascinating as it is related to how people change...
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Greg Mullen
Jun 3, 20214 min read
Response to L.A. Times Op-Ed (June 3, 2021)
The State of California has proposed a new framework for Mathematics which was released for public review and comment in early 2021, and...
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Greg Mullen
Apr 10, 202116 min read
Podcast Transcript: Self-Directed Schooling (S2E1)
Season 2, Episode 1. “Self-Directed Learning” Podcast Link: https://exploring-the-core-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/s2e1 MUSIC. GREG...
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Greg Mullen
Apr 4, 20212 min read
Finding your passion.
What is a passion? How do we find/pick one? -- TL;DR: it's not about finding *your* passion, as if there's a right or wrong one to find....
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Greg Mullen
Feb 18, 20214 min read
An Appeal for Conceptual Progression of Teaching and Learning
Why should students be taught how skills and concepts develop? A 5-year-old may know how to count but struggle with addition. To overcome...
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Greg Mullen
Nov 17, 20205 min read
A Framework for 'Self-Directed Schooling' (SDS)
What I am proposing in this article is a framework that takes a philosophy for Self-Directed Learning and places it within the structure...
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Greg Mullen
Sep 12, 20203 min read
"What if"
If we can't be free to dream of something better for ourselves and the local/global communities on which we all rely so heavily, how will...
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Greg Mullen
Aug 19, 20205 min read
The Key to SEL? Metacognition.
Metacognition is not a higher form of thinking - it is a lateral cognitive process. It is stepping outside of the thinking that you are...
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Greg Mullen
Aug 17, 20205 min read
Can Hybrid Schooling Empower Students to Embrace their Learning Preferences?
The idea here is this: if we know how a student feels about learning with specific evidence-based teaching practices...
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Greg Mullen
Aug 13, 20207 min read
Influence and Coercion in Learning
The influence of people, places, and objects of interest will always be at the core of our experiences in learning. The social acceptance...
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