I don’t believe that students should simply accept that they should learn something because it is on a specification. But they do deserve a coherent reason that relates to their lives and their ...

Well, if we really listen to what students are saying to us—especially when they say, “Why do I have to learn this?"—then we know that we have to do something different in how we educate them.

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And we can’t do that without empathy. "It’s the most important human ability we have," she said. Empathy isn’t an innate emotion, but an adaptive behavioral response that allows us to not ...