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A Two-Track-Option Approach to Teaching and Learning
We can give students most comfortable with predictability and control over tight scheduling one track/option that suits their needs, and we can give students who prefer a flexible, thinking-skill-driven, personalized learning experience that choice as a second track. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Teaching Memos
Tagged choice and voice, critical thinking skill teaching, learning, mastery, mastery-based teaching, pedagogical practice, pedagogical strategies, pedagogy, personal learning, personalized learning, skill-based teaching, skill-mastery teaching, student centered teaching, student choice, student voice, student-centered teaching, Teaching, two-track teaching, voice
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Teaching Memo: How to Use Film [effectively] in the Classroom
In class this week, my students and I watched and discussed The Biggest Little Farm – an ingenious movie that I fully expected to be intensely boring but that I’ve now seen four times and absolutely adore. (Aside: When I first … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy, Political Considerations, Teaching Memos
Tagged biggestlittlefarm, effective teaching strategies, film, film in class, graphic organizers, learning, movie, movies, pedagogical practice, pedagogical strategies, pedagogy, scaffolding, Teaching, teaching strategies
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Teaching Memo: Why I Love the IDM (Inquiry Design Model) Blueprint
A year ago, in searching for Social-Studies professional development resources and tools, I came across a single-page lesson-planning document that has been a friend to whom I return every month or two, as I develop new lessons for my classroom. … Continue reading
Posted in Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos
Tagged C3, C3 Teachers, curriculum, historical thinking, how to be a teacher, how to plan, IDM, inquiry design model, lesson planning, lesson plans, NCSS, pedagogical practice, pedagogy, planning, social studies, teacher, Teaching, teaching methodology, thinking like a historian
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