The visual and active portfolio method of learning languages is based on the work of the following theorists and practictioners. Montessori, don't do for the student what the student can do for herself. Kay Latona, well, duh! (as in "isn't it obvious?") GrandmotherSays.com Jack Latona, backwards history and O'Neill's history, Creating The Future Thinktank Jared Diamond, synthesis and story telling Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and learning styles Thomas Hoerr, St. Louis, Mi., NewCitySchool.org Dawn Elrad, parking spaces, the shopping mall Ms. Bacallao, Hispanic Unity, parking spaces Lois Hedland, Teaching for Understanding (portfolios) Harvard's Project Zero Dennis Littky, the Three "R"s, mentoring, respect students by asking them to do "real work." Metcenter.org BigPicture.org Royal Society of Arts RSA CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults) Huetinck, Teaching methods for Secondary School Math Pat Harris, application of standard principles in family therapy and counseling, particularly "reframing," LMFT What Are Our Options?Marshall Thurber, frequency of contact, memorization of poetry, posdev.net Positive Deviance Lee Brower, Positive Focus Luia Forbes, tutoring methods Dan Pink, new perspectives on right and left brain (A Whole New Mind) and entrepreneuring (Free Agent Nation, which is really about "how to apply what you learned in and out of school"; The New MBA is an MFA) Robert Ornstein, Whack on the Side of the Head (and other works) Rob Becker, perspectives of the cave man Dr. Nancy Snyderman, ABC TV special about "the Brain Game" Mrs. Z., Hallandale Adult Community Center (Hallandale, FL), the importance of portfolios SAT Tutoring systems (how to organize a tutoring session) FreeVocabulary.com, for the list approach Alison Gopnik, Berkeley, the teacher as baseball coach (see the Jan. 2005 article) Marc Greenblum, use of video and digital cameras in the classroom Paul Wagner, video pioneer, former president of Rollins College, use of film cameras on campus Dennis Yuzenas, visual and active methods WhatDoYaKnow.com Beakman, active methods Bill Nye (the Science Guy), visual methods Dr. Robert McAlister, how to run a science fair KnowYourType.com, Briggs Myers approach Brooks Emeny, People to People initiatives US Coast Guard, its boating course Dr. Michael Merzenich, therapies based on "brain plasticity," Brain Gym, positscience.com alz.org, Maintain Your Brain Madeleine Hunter, the MH Lesson Plan BreakthroughCollaborative.org (a way of getting students to teach other students.) Some of the work connected with the Visual and Active Portfolio Method appears on these web sites (developed by S. McCrea) MentorsOnVideos.com TeachersToTeachers.com MathForArtists.com (learning styles)
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