“In other words, human connection didn’t win out in this experiment just because it’s superior—it won out because participants in the human treatment were required to show up for one another. And outside of lab, the world often lacks systems and structures designed to do just that. If we want more relationships, we need more brokers. When […]
Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.
Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.
– Peter Nilsson