Josh Eyler, and Bonni Stachowiak talk about lessons in teaching from Pixar.

Dr. Joshua Eyler, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Rice University

Student-taught teaching, supported by Rice’s Center for Teaching Excellence

Brian Croxall – Toy Story 2

https://twitter.com/briancroxall/status/641298742843441152

Shyama – Finding Nemo and The Incredibles

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Edna Mode

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Sandie Morgan

Monsters Inc.

https://twitter.com/sandiemorgan/status/641327082807672833

Funny episode of Very Bad Wizards where they discuss the criticisms of the Inside Out movie, when it should have been clear to everyone that the movie wasn’t intended to actually represent how the brain works…

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“If we only focus on [our role of imparting wisdom], we miss out on those moments when students can share something with us that opens our eyes to the material in a way we have never seen it before.” – Josh Eyler

Bonni shared about making assumptions on episode 63

Ratatouille

Great teaching begins with a boundless passion for our subject

“Passion is sometimes an underrated part of what we do as teachers that can be really effective in reaching our students.” – Josh Eyler

Finding Nemo

David Merrill’s advice on instructional design: Instructional guidance should be gradually reduced

“In order to learn anything, we need to confront the failure of faulty knowledge, of faulty mental models. Students aren’t given enough opportunity to do that and when they are, the stakes are way too high for them.” – Josh Eyler

Toy Story

“Understanding our intellectual development in more complex terms can help students wrap their minds around the learning process.” – Josh Eyler

Constructivism

“Curiosity is one of our most deeply rooted mechanisms by which human beings learn.” – Josh Eyler

“It’s that curiosity – that desire to know – that we need to be cultivating in our classrooms.” Josh Eyler

The knife that solves the butter problem

Up

“The reality is that learning is a very big idea and it happens everywhere.” – Josh Eyler

“My wife has been very sick for the last year and I’ve learned quite a bit about courage from her. I learn so much from my three year-old daughter about how to tackle life with a toddler’s zeal.” – Josh Eyler

Josh’s essays:

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