How can we change the culture of schools to include a focus on active lifestyles and healthy eating, leading to a future of healthy behaviors for students?
Frequent professional development opportunities are vital for keeping educators around the world equipped with best practices based on the results of up-to-date research. Such opportunities are usually provided in the educator’s home environment, either their school district or even within the single school where they work as teachers or administrators. The focus can be narrow and the perspective limited and, often, only local. Educators learn much and garner greater benefit from observing and interacting with peers outside their local district.
How can we best understand how and when scholarly research is most valuable to other scholars and to education practitioners and policymakers?
The flipped classroom model requires students to do preparation out of class, online, to prepare for hands-on activities in class. The model eliminates the need for lectures, which can be ineffective in enhancing learning and allows more classroom time for motivating activities shown to improve learning. The flipped classroom is currently receiving much attention from teachers, administrators and researchers. The project team is determining how to understand and replicate a flipped classroom model that is best for students and teachers.