Burnout isn't inevitable. Plus: What is the social brain?

Burnout Isn't Inevitable; What Is the Social Brain?; How Can We Successfully Land a Rover on Mars?; The Value of an Imagined Audience |

View Online August 8, 2018 Credit: ©iStockphoto/George Peters Burnout Isn't Inevitable Teachers are stressed—but schools can help. Credit: ©Can Stock Photo Inc./tai11 What Is the Social Brain? The research is in: Learning is a social endeavor. Credit: ©Edutopia How Can We Successfully Land a Rover on Mars? The classic egg drop experiment gets reinvented as a driving question for physics students to explore a real-world problem. Credit: ©Shutterstock/Pressmaster The Value of an Imagined Audience Guiding student writers to think about a likely audience for their work helps them strengthen a variety of skills. Credit: © Leigh Wells Can Affordable Housing Ease Teacher Turnover? Hoping to entice teachers to stick with the job, communities experiment with bold new housing programs. Don't Miss Are We Doing Recess Right? A New Tool Can Help Summer Planning for PBL Creating Paths to Participation for Introverts Reluctant Adopters and Technology Initiatives Starting a Heritage Language Book Club FOLLOW EDUTOPIA         ABOUT   •   PRIVACY   •   CONTACT To ensure delivery of Edutopia's Weekly Enews, please add news@edutopia.org to your address book. You can always unsubscribe.   © 2018 George Lucas Educational Foundation PO Box 3494, San Rafael, CA 94912

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