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Sharing Gratitude for Podcast Guest Appearances
I’m always game to talk about education – about pedagogical methods, about the “Why” behind what we do, how things might be changed for improvement, and anything else. Because I’ve been meeting less with my curriculum team and middle school … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, curricula, curricular development, curriculum, Curriculum Design, discussion, education, guest appearances, integrated studies, integrative studies, interdisciplinary, interdisciplinary studies, learning, mastery learning, mastery teaching, pedagogy, pod, podcasts, questionandanswer, student-centered learning, student-centered teaching, student-led learning, student-led teaching, Teaching
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Students at the Helm (for real)
[I]n Humanities, we had some academic goals focused on the stages of the writing process that could be achieved through a few different content avenues. So, I polled the students… Continue reading
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
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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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Classroom Code of Norms, for students and by students
Last year, my sixth-grade team of teachers worked together with students to guide students to create a class-wide set of norms for behavior. The process was energizing and gave the students a voice in their own expectations, so I decided … Continue reading
It’s about the relationship…
We teachers are not mere content-delivery mechanisms. Instead, the most important part of my job as I understand it is to build a helpful relationship with the student. Over the years, this actually has been news to me. Honestly, I’ve … Continue reading
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