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- Active Learning - Learning through active engagement - discussion, problem-solving, and application - rather than passive listening.
- Andragogy - The art and science of adult learning - how adults learn differently from children.
- Bloom's Taxonomy - A hierarchy of learning objectives from basic recall to higher-order synthesis and creation.
- Challenge of Expertise - The paradox where gaining expertise makes it harder to teach beginners because experts forget what it was like to not know.
- Cognitive Apprenticeship - Learning through observation, coaching, and guided practice - making expert thinking visible.
- Curse of Knowledge - The cognitive bias where experts assume others share their knowledge, making it hard to explain things simply.
- Differentiated Instruction - Adapting teaching methods, content, and assessment to meet diverse learner needs.
- Docendo Discimus - The Latin phrase meaning 'by teaching, we learn' - teaching as a path to deeper understanding.
- Feynman Technique 2.0 - An enhanced version of the Feynman Technique that adds structured course design, teaching considerations, and deeper simplification strategies.
- Flipped Classroom - A teaching model where content is learned at home and class time is used for practice and discussion.
- Formative Assessment - Ongoing assessment during learning that provides feedback to improve understanding.
- Helper's High - The positive emotional and physical response experienced when helping others.
- Jigsaw Method - A collaborative learning technique where each student becomes an expert on one piece and teaches others.
- Knowledge Staircase - A metaphor for learning and teaching that visualizes everyone at different levels of expertise, able to help those just below them and learn from those above.
- Meet Them Where They Are - Adapt your communication to the audience's current knowledge, context, and emotional state.
- Peer Instruction - A teaching method where students teach and learn from each other through structured discussion.
- Personalized Learning - Tailoring education to individual needs, strengths, interests, and pace.
- Problem-Based Learning - Learning through solving authentic, complex problems rather than studying subjects first.
- Scaffolding (Learning) - Temporary support structures that help learners accomplish tasks beyond their current abilities.
- Teach Timeless Lessons - A teaching principle that prioritizes concepts, principles, and ideas that age well over time-sensitive information with limited longevity.
- Think-Pair-Share - A collaborative learning structure: individual thinking, partner discussion, then class sharing.
- Two-Year Test - Teach what you would have found valuable two years ago.
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