tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135179202024-03-07T00:48:38.083-08:00Attitutor Blog(Attitude + Tutor = Attitutor)
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Mission: Enthusiastic human beings living passionate lives in a joyful society.
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My name is Don Berg. I am a deeper learning advocate, author, and teacherpreneur (entrepreneurial teacher).
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Enjoy!Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comBlogger532125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-59528617305344689892023-01-25T13:31:00.003-08:002023-01-25T13:31:56.115-08:00Interview Excerpt #4: Defining Holistic Equity In this excerpt Jenn asked me to define Holistic Equity. Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-32702433094696343712023-01-25T13:12:00.001-08:002023-01-25T13:12:13.379-08:00Updating the Visual Summary of Self-Determination TheoryFor those who are interested in keeping up with the developments in Self-Determination Theory here is my latest visual summary. The most substantial change is moving the terms "emotional" and "cognitive" out of the engagement box and into the attitude box. This is a result of a study by Johnmarshall Reeve and his colleagues in which they suggest that cognition and emotion may be better thought ofDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-21283440421040688732023-01-02T08:56:00.005-08:002023-01-02T08:56:55.271-08:00Interview Excerpt #3: Spanning the gap between mainstream and alternative schoolingI was interviewed by Jenn Grace of Publish Your Purpose Press on the day my book, Schooling for Holistic Equity, was launched. This is an excerpt. You can watch the whole thing here: https://youtu.be/g9749oQkl2YDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-33954752305862340562023-01-02T08:44:00.002-08:002023-01-02T08:44:36.127-08:00Schooliness Meme #6- Schooly Discipline Schooly Discipline: Punishing disengaged learners by removing them from school grounds for periods of 1 to 5 days at a time. Hat Tip to Clay BurrellFor more information about this meme series click here.Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-88144497144754331482022-12-29T17:29:00.003-08:002022-12-29T17:29:52.397-08:00Interview Excerpt: Humanizing SchoolsJenn Grace, founder of Publish Your Purpose Press, the publisher of my book Schooling for Holistic Equity interviewed me on the launch day, December 7th, 2022. You can see the whole interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9749oQkl2YDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-24169362151315831562022-12-26T10:49:00.001-08:002022-12-26T10:49:14.878-08:00Schooliness Meme #5 Schooliness: The process of leaching creativity from the soul of a student. Hat Tip to Diane CordellDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-82902052211661514662022-12-26T10:46:00.006-08:002022-12-26T10:46:59.223-08:00Holistic Education VideoDoes holistic education have something practical to offer schools? Find out by clicking here or on the screenshot below to watch the video (~16 min).Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-83464531597399744732022-12-13T10:08:00.000-08:002022-12-13T10:08:04.184-08:00Schooliness Meme #4- Schooly Schools Schooly Schools- Places that prepare children for the world by separating them from it. Hat Tip to Clay BurrellFor more information about this meme series click here.Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-46259333857718397702022-12-08T14:21:00.001-08:002022-12-08T14:21:12.006-08:00Talk at IDEC '22 a.k.a. Summerhill Festival of ChildhoodHere's my talk from IDEC, a.k.a. Summerhill Festival of Childhood. I would have put it up sooner but the organizers kept promising to post their version which will have much better sound quality. Nice informal setting, but that also means a lot of background sounds and at one point a toddler rambles through chomping on a pickle. Hopefully, I can give this talk in a more formal setting with Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-29374491808662949252022-12-07T15:48:00.004-08:002022-12-07T15:48:21.382-08:00Book Launch Interview I had what I think is a great interview with Jenn Grace of Publish Your Purpose Press this morning! Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-59806439782872905162022-11-22T12:14:00.006-08:002022-11-22T12:14:50.326-08:00Education Hygiene Ep#3- Positive RegardIf unconditional positive regard is good for children, wouldn’t that encourage teachers to be permissive? Being permissive is bad, isn’t it? Find out!Click here or on the screenshot below.Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-48502447306919915262022-11-21T08:24:00.001-08:002022-11-21T08:24:13.711-08:00Schooliness Meme #3 Schooliness: A disease that confines the mind to a hot stuffy box created by teachers, unnecessary rules, and bureaucracy. Side affects include lack of passion, mind numbing, and extreme functional fixedness. Hat Tip to LindseaHat Tip to Clay Burrell for coining the term “schooliness” (following Stephen Colbert’s lead when he gave us the term “truthiness.”) Also to Wesley Fryer ofDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-32795153566144200472022-11-14T16:02:00.002-08:002022-11-14T16:02:34.004-08:00Pre-Order Your copy of Schooling for Holistic Equity NOW! Pre-orders are now available for my new book:Click on your preference: Paperback or HardcoverDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-8856997873760477142022-11-10T15:36:00.002-08:002022-11-10T15:49:18.767-08:00Education Hygiene Ep#2- Rewards If classroom rewards are offered by the teacher, will students behavior improve? Find out what research has found out about it. Click here or on the screenshot below. ~4 min.Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-19326354728411709422022-11-09T08:05:00.001-08:002022-11-09T08:05:11.867-08:00Schooliness Meme #2- Schooly Day Schooly Day- As the doors open the minds close. (Hat tip to Diane Cordell) Hat Tip to Clay Burrell for coining the term “schooliness” (following Stephen Colbert’s lead when he gave us the term “truthiness.”) Also to Wesley Fryer of the Speed of Creativity blog for preserving Clay’s guest post in which everyone was invited to chime in with their own definitions. If readers offer anDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-50453808758823468202022-11-08T11:00:00.003-08:002022-11-09T07:43:22.701-08:00EduCrush Interview about Agentic EngagementFantastic conversation about the psychology behind agentic engagement and why schools must change to unleash it with @natabasso of @educrushpod. Listen @ https://kite.link/EduCrush!Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-50795658084001167732022-10-31T15:30:00.001-07:002023-12-12T16:50:58.819-08:00Schooliness Meme #1 of 19
Schooliness*: The quality of seeming or being felt to be educative, even if not necessarily educative.
Adapted from Oxford Languages listing for “truthiness” When I was a kid in school, I loved learning but schooliness always got in the way.
Eliminating the schooliness from schools will ensure that children can more reliably experience the unadulterated joy of deep learning. I help Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-8661642545689163412022-10-02T18:10:00.009-07:002022-10-20T12:22:58.700-07:00Education Hygiene Series Introduction Education Hygiene Ep 01- IntroductionDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-4816782005971375802022-10-02T18:10:00.000-07:002022-10-02T18:10:06.298-07:00When SEL gets caught in the CRT backlashvia GIPHYDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-80136448786515262922021-08-25T09:11:00.003-07:002021-08-25T09:11:41.496-07:00Holistic? What does that mean?Before you can understand what I mean by "Holistic Equity" you have to have some ides of what I mean by "holistic." The video linked below will take you through a quick exploration of what "holism" has come to mean in education. My newest video, What Is A Holistic Approach To Education?, will clarify what holism is and how it applies to education in about 13 minutes.Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-64474013475826739222021-08-16T12:40:00.003-07:002021-08-18T13:36:53.610-07:00Announcing the Holistic Equity ProjectFor about 14 years I sent out the Schools of Conscience/ Teach-Kids-Attitude-1st newsletter, though I shut it down a few years ago. I am proud to announce that I have used my time during the pandemic to reimagine my work and am starting a new website and newsletter called Holistic Equity.
The main focus of the new site is helping education leaders to understand how the sciences behind Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-55303026471841254122020-08-19T15:59:00.001-07:002020-08-19T15:59:00.656-07:00Abusive Isolation is a Problem, not Homeschooling: Responding to Bartholet's Proposed Ban To hear Elizabeth Bartholet tell it, children in homeschooling families are in immanent peril. The Arizona Law Review published an article by Bartholet entitled “Homeschooling: Parent Rights Absolutism vs. Child Rights To Education & Protection.” She paints a picture of grave danger for children who are homeschooled which leads her to propose “a presumptive ban on homeschooling.” I agree withDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-20814100078314003022020-08-16T07:02:00.005-07:002021-06-14T17:51:41.977-07:00 Lamentation For How The World Might Have Been: Reflections on Science And The Good by James Davison Hunter & Paul Nedelisky A Book Review by Don Berg(~10 min. to read)Imagine that you have worked out the next iPhone for your industry, the most perfectly designed product that will create a major revolution. You create a mockup that is elegant and you figure it will be cheap to produce in factories that won't pollute anything. You get your colleagues to start working out how to make it as you raise money to fund their Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-78050776242348404922020-06-29T10:54:00.002-07:002020-06-29T15:11:41.760-07:00Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Interview with Don BergHere is a link to my interview on the Teaching Math Teaching Podcast with Eva Thanheiser, Dusty Jones, and Joel Amidon hosting. https://www.teachingmathteachingpodcast.com/16We discussed the work of Deeper Learning Advocates, the hidden curriculum, deeper learning, and the one thing that all teachers should do.Here's the timepoints for each of their main questions:What are some examples of Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-79699758383707544292020-06-14T19:30:00.000-07:002020-06-14T19:30:02.749-07:00A Better Proxy: How to Evaluate Equity in K-12 SchoolsEven though I'm a white male soaked in privilege I have a personal history with busing, like presidential candidate Kamala Harris who brought up her busing experience in the Democratic debate in Miami, Florida, on June 28, 2019. In the Long Beach Unified School District, where I grew up in California, they decided to invite kids, like me, to be bused into predominantly black schools in poorer Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.com0