Drive to Work - Drive it Home

The Long Game: Teach for the Life They Will Live (educators)


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Did you just teach it… or did students actually learn it?
This episode explores the difference between covering content and building learning that lasts. Research shows durable understanding comes from depth, practice, and feedback, not simply exposure.

It's a reflection for educators on slowing down, focusing on fewer concepts, and designing learning that students can transfer beyond the classroom, for the long game.

The episode draws mainly from five major research areas:

  • Cognitive Psychology of Learning (Roediger, Bjork)

  • Feedback and Visible Learning (Hattie)

  • Transfer of Learning (Perkins & Salomon)

  • Character and Non-Cognitive Skills (Heckman, Duckworth)

  • Mindset and Expectations (Dweck, Rosenthal)

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Drive to Work - Drive it HomeBy Jolene Gaudet