The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
“Young people have a remarkable capacity for intensity….” Those words, uttered by one of America’s leading public intellectuals, Dr. Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, …
I’ve been thinking a lot about my friend, colleague, and mentor Dr. Seymour Papert a lot lately. Our new book, “Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, …
Recently, 5th and 6th grade girls in the school where I work came up to me in the hallway and volunteered, “I want to be …
I enjoyed a lovely lunch today in the Republic of Užupis. In between bites of pizza, I couldn’t help but think of how many teachers …
A funny thing happened on the way to writing this article. I realized I had already published it one year ago. Senseless Acts of Homework …
Just returned home from speaking at another large international conference where meaningless clichés filled the air and rolled off of people’s tongues. Aside from being …
I often remind teachers that as educators, their role is to educate everyone – children, parents, administrators, colleagues and the guy sitting next to you …
The Creative Educator has published my fifth article in a series on effective project-based learning, A Good Prompt is Worth 1,000 Words. The text of this article …
The last lesson is the most important
Four collections of recommended books The Constructivist Consortium has compiled an extensive online book store for creative educators. Be sure to peruse these recommendations! Wanna …