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A Makerspace in Your Classroom

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams A makerspace, an area dedicated to creation and…

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Overscheduling in Children, Part 1: Effects

Children today have less freedom than children in previous generations. For instance, Clements and Louv say children spend less time playing in natural environments compared…

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I Had Plans. So Did God.

I had a day off coming up, and I had plans: exams to grade, classes to prepare, and housework to complete. Then, my son’s Physics…

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Benefits of Outdoor Education, Part 3: Spiritual Development

While we appreciate as educators the benefits that outdoor education has for the mental development and skills development of our students, there is another benefit…

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Benefits of Outdoor Education, Part 2: Emotional and Social Skills

In addition to helping students strengthen their brain function and ability in the classroom, outdoor learning helps improve our students’ mental health and social and emotional…

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Benefits of Outdoor Education, Part 1: Brain Function

Many people today believe that education needs to take place inside a specific structure during a set number of hours. Before there were formally structured…

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In Adventist News: July-September 2022 (part 2)

Continued from last week, here are more articles about education in the North American Division.

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In Adventist News: July-September 2022 (part 1)

North American Division publications recently included the following articles that may be of interest to Adventist educators.

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Engage Newsletter Fall 2022

Published quarterly, Engage is the official newsletter for North American Division of Seventh-day Adventist Education.

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Leadership, a Future-Driven Enterprise

We live in a world where the immediate takes precedence, as we move from one crisis to another. Yet in all the angst of the…

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Long Term Memory, Part 5: Interventions for Creating Long Term Memories

As noted in the previous article of this series, memory expectations and abilities vary based on the age of our students. It is not surprising,…

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Long Term Memory, Part 4: Memory Expectations and Abnormalities

In addition to understanding general principles of memory, it is helpful to understand how age and memory abnormalities can impact the ability to retain information. …

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