This article offers a stirring affirmation of the student-centered, habits-of-mind-focused approach to learning that is at the heart of our Teaching and Learning at Friends School paradigm. Indeed, not a skill nor a habit of mind from our diagram goes unmentioned, in one form or another, in this article.
Like the UVA School of Medicine, we acknowledge the importance of factual knowledge while also recognizing that the ability to find and analyze information, to think about it critically, and to apply it to novel situations in collaboration with others is equally essential.
The RX FOR EDUCATION box halfway through the article is another heartening reminder that the direction we've charted aligns nicely with best practice and theory in the field.
http://uvamagazine.org/features/article/adjusting_the_prescription/
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