Category: Cognitive Science & Education

• Unlearning the Labels we use in Education

    This past week I was fortunate to have the opportunity to engage in Facilitator Training with some wonderful leaders in our Board. It was energizing, supportive, informative and prompted a lot of great reflection and discussions. How do Labels affect the Learning Process? One of the key ideas that resonated with me was how […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  October 20, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education, Capacity Building, Cognitive Science & Education, Educational Leadership, Facilitation, Globalization

  21st Century Education, Big Ideas in Education, Capacity building, Facilitation, Inquiry Based Learning, Jack Uldrich, schemas, Steven Katz, unlearning

• Educational Leadership and Principles of Cognitive Psychology

  Educational Leaders can benefit greatly from the principles of Cognitive Psychology. It is a valid, quantifiable field that is able to help us understand a wide range of issues as they pertain to Education and Learning. The research behind Cognition has been focussed on how we think and the way we learn, and more specifically on the […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  October 13, 2012

  Big Ideas in Education, Cognitive Science & Education, Leadership

  Activity Scheduling, Big Ideas in Education, Cognitive Psychology, education, Educational Leadership, metacognition, questioning, Self-Monitoring

• Cognitive Science: How thoughts and behaviours impact achievement and success in Education

  Cognitive Science is a valid, quantifiable field that is able to help us understand a wide range of issues as they pertain to Education and Learning. The research behind Cognition has been focussed on how we think and the way we learn, and more specifically on the systematic biases in of the schemas that we hold about the […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  July 1, 2012

  Aboriginal, Big Ideas in Education, Cognitive Science & Education, Communication, Culture & Caring, Ideas for Learning Strategies