Ep 113 — How We Change the Conditions Matters Part 2 with Dr. Dan Keller
About this episode
Dr. Dan Keller discusses how to create effective learning environments by comparing classrooms to gardens.
A classroom can feel like a pressure cooker or it can feel like a place where learning grows. We sit down again with Dr. Dan Keller to translate research on effective learning environments into a simple metaphor you can actually remember when the day gets loud: tend the classroom like a garden. Dr. Keller introduces SWAN, a practical framework built around four conditions students need to thrive: Sunlight (right-sized challenge, cognitive demand, agency), Water (positive reinforcement and re...
Topics covered
- learning environments
- education
- student well-being
- effective teaching
- classroom management
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