Creating a Boy-Friendly Elementary School
written by Dan Sarian “The sad truth is that the educational deficits of boys may be one of the least-studied phenomena in American education” ~ Sommers, 2013, p. 38 My growing focus and emphasis as...
Piaget’s Schema
written by Dan Sarian How much information did you retain from your 13 years of grade school? If, on average, you were exposed to 800 hours of instruction per year, well, do the math. That’s...
Multiple Intelligences
written by Dan Sarian One Teaching Style Does NOT Fit All Are you smarter than a 5th grader? The answer isn’t as easy as you might think. According to Harvard psychologist and researcher Harold Gardner...
Maslow’s Hierarchy
written by Dan Sarian Maslow and Self-Actualization – Is this Biblical? Is your child motivated to learn? What makes a student want to learn? Why do some students appear highly motivated and others not? All...
What Minecraft Teaches Us About Educating Boys
written by Dan Sarian As one of the few males at the Elementary Campus (I’m not complaining, just sayin’) I continually ask myself and my teachers how we can best shepherd the warrior hearts of...