Sentence examples for educational wisdom from inspiring English sources

"Common educational wisdom is that you don't assign homework that kids can't do on their own," she said.

Until he starts finger-pointing and hand-wringing in the last couple of chapters, which also go in for a certain amount of sermonizing, Mr. Bauerlein, a professor of English at Emory, delivers this bad news in surprisingly brisk and engaging fashion, blowing holes in a lot of conventional educational wisdom.

Or that her new-found nugget of educational wisdom is that, if private school is not an option, parents should just "move to a neighborhood with a highly rated public school," like TriBeCa, Greenwich Village, the Upper West Side or the Upper East Side -- a roll call of the richest corners of the richest city in the world.

This approach is the opposite of the prevailing educational wisdom, famously pioneered by Mossbourne Academy in Hackney, east London, that what kids like those in Zafirakou's class need is not silly ideas about freedom and creativity, but old-fashioned structure, discipline and academic rigour.

They are not to be argued with or contradicted, nor will there be any discussion of the educational wisdom (or lack thereof) behind them.

If today's educational "wisdom" is a product of capitalism, then perhaps it's time for teachers to investigate the ideas of the man who subjected that system to rigorous examination: Karl Marx.

No Child Left Behind may mark a turning point in this battle between educational folk wisdom and social science.

In this context, this book makes a contribution to countering conventional wisdom and educational policies that have guided the provision of education in rural areas for several decades.

We strive to center the lived experiences and voices of those most vulnerable, the wisdom of educational practitioners, and a critical eye on those policies and practices that lead to unjust educational outcomes.

This paper presents a framework which seeks to capture the 'lived experience' and practice wisdom of educational design.

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