Technology is Supposed to Decrease Teacher Burnout – but We Found it Can Sometimes Make It Worse

Technology is Supposed to Decrease Teacher Burnout – but We Found it Can Sometimes Make It Worse

By David T. Marshall, THE CONVERSATION  When we set out to study pandemic-related changes in schools, we thought we’d find that learning management systems that rely on technology to improve teaching would make educators’ jobs easier. Instead, we found that teachers whose schools were using learning management systems had higher rates of burnout. Our findings were […]

Why Being Forced to Precisely Follow a Curriculum Harms Teachers and Students

Why Being Forced to Precisely Follow a Curriculum Harms Teachers and Students

By Cara Elizabeth Furman, THECONVERSATION In teaching, “fidelity” refers to closely following specific procedures for how to teach a lesson or respond to student behavior. For example, following a curriculum to fidelity might mean a teacher is required to read from a script, use a certain tone or expression, or teach from a designated page in a guidebook on […]