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Thriving in Academe graphicChanging Styles

Recent research on how the brain learns has led to a wider use of learner-centered teaching strategies. The trick now is to help our students understand that we ask them to play a larger role in their own learning because this is the best way for them to learn. But first we must help them gain the skills they need to accomplish the tasks we give them. Thriving in Academe has some ideas.

The 2008 Representative Assembly
Welcomes NEA's New Officers

Newly elected NEA president Dennis Van Roekel is flanked by newly elected vice president Lily Eskelsen on his right and newly elected secretary-treasurer Becky Pringle on his left. “I can’t think of a better time to unite our members and our nation than in the fall of 2008” Van Roekel told delegates. “This is a time when we need to come together and decide what we want for America.”

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Previous Poll Results
Should students be allowed to bring laptops to the classroom?

Yes - 69%
No - 31%


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