Gary Chapin
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Gary Chapin posted a new activity comment 3 months, 3 weeks ago
In reply to: Don Siviski posted an update in the group Learner-Centered Education John Thank you for presenting the argument before us since it seems to surface in every community where these discussions are occurring which […] ViewIt feels paradoxical but it isn’t. OUR ”growth” mindset means that we believe that even people who BELIEVE in a ”fixed” mindset continue to learn vibrantly through life. We all have experience of facing a ”fixed” opponent … only to have them come around.
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Gary Chapin started the discussion topic DOE LCE Glossary Draft: Please read and comment in the group
Learner-Centered Education 4 months agoView group discussionWe’ve created a draft of a DOE Proficiency-Based/Learner-Centered Glossary of terms. This isn’t an attempt to impose terminology on the field, just to make it clear what we mean when the DOE is talking about […]
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Gary Chapin uploaded the file: MDOE Glossary DRAFT to
Learner-Centered Education 4 months agoPlease read and comment.
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Gary Chapin started the discussion topic What does 2013 look like for PB/LC education? in the group
Learner-Centered Education 4 months, 2 weeks agoView group discussionWhat are your dreams, plans, and, dare I say it, resolutions around proficiency-based/learner-centered education in 2013? What are your next steps?
Interesting thing from Competency […]
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Gary Chapin replied to the discussion topic Evidence, Proof, Research in the group
Learner-Centered Education 5 months, 2 weeks agoView group discussionSo I would be interested in how you all — in your districts, in the field — answer when faced with this question? Over time, do folks stop asking it, just as they stopped asking about “proof of concept” […]
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Gary Chapin started the discussion topic Evidence, Proof, Research in the group
Learner-Centered Education 5 months, 2 weeks agoView group discussionThe “proof of concept” question around standards-based/customized-learning issues have hovered around our work since the beginning. “How do we know this works? Where’s the proof? Where are the […]
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Gary Chapin started the discussion topic Book Groups in the group
Learner-Centered Education 7 months agoView group discussionIn the case studies, I have found that reading groups come early and often in any discussions about moving schools towards LCE. While at RSU16, I led a Middle School discussion of ”Inevitable” that was a great […]
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Gary Chapin replied to the discussion topic Describing a student-centered, proficiency-based learning classroom in the group
Learner-Centered Education 7 months agoView group discussionI would add “no averaging,” to this list. It’s implied in a number of your points but I think it’s important enough to need direct stating … if only because this is the one point to seems to most […]
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Gary Chapin posted an update in the group
Learner-Centered Education 8 months, 1 week agoCheck out the new issue of the Journal of Maine Education, which has an interview with Commissioner Bowen focusing heavily on learner centered education, but, just as importantly, has a fantastic piece by Doug Lynch (professor and chair of the education department at the University of New England).
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Gary Chapin posted a new activity comment 9 months ago
In reply to: Don Siviski posted an update I would like to invite all users to visit the DOE’s Center for Best Practices and access the Case Study posting of three districts that have moved in the direction of ”learner-centered […] View -
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Gary Chapin posted an update 9 months, 2 weeks ago
View status updateI’m thrilled that the Case studies have been published at the Center for Best Practices. They can be found at http://maine.gov/doe/cbp/.
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Gary Chapin replied to the discussion topic Welcome to the Learner-Centered Education group! in the group
Learner-Centered Education 11 months, 2 weeks agoView group discussionIntroduction: I am a researcher at the DOE, writing case studies of school districts that have begun the move to learner-centered education. I have, in the past, been a curriculum coordinator and social studies […]
