By Rita Platt What is your philosophy of education? This was the question that the professor asked us in my second year of my teacher education undergraduate program. Philosophy of education? I had no idea. In fact it wasn’t until [...]
Teaching Writing From 30,000 Feet Good writing is good thinking. Well written is well thought out–which is to say that it’s well planned, well organized, speaks to an audience, has a clear and unique voice and just the right words [...]
When it comes to expectations, most teachers will tell you, “When in doubt, raise ‘em.” Often, I think that works. I’ve seen it in my own teaching . When I set, articulate and work toward higher expectations, things generally turn [...]
If I ask you, of any of the hundreds of daily tasks you perform each day, “Why are you doing that?” How often will you say: “It’s in the curriculum/schedule/contract. I need to do this for my principal/PLC/RTI/a mandate/progress reports/awards [...]
An Annotation by Bobbie Dunn This article gave an example of brain-based teaching strategies for each letter in the phrase, BRAIN BASED. It elaborated on the: Brain’s time clock, Repetition, Active learning, Images, Novelty, Be colorful, Automatic learning, Social brain, [...]
An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Poling, who is an administrator in Maryland, looks at the span of uses that blogs can have in a school environment, including: individual blogging, classroom blogging, collaborative blogging, and staff development blogging. Her biggest statement [...]
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh Internal control psychology’s choice theory is the topic of this book. The author has been an educator for over 30 years, and he began practicing this theory over 20 years ago. Glasser developed the theory [...]
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The author has compiled and named a myriad of techniques used by K-12 teachers and college professors. One recurring theme throughout the book is the importance of pacing. According to this author, the teacher must [...]
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh Divided into seven main chapters: student motivation, enhancing motivation and commitment to quality, making teaching easier, building knowledge and understanding, collaborative groups, self-reflection and assessment prompts, and exciting projects, products, and performance ideas, this book [...]
Glasser, W., M.D. (1998). The quality school teacher. New York: HarperPerennial, 18-22; 97-112; 113-118. An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer William Glasser, in three separate chapters, discusses his “six conditions of quality”, along with how to go about teaching choice theory, [...]
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