The Selflessness Of Pedagogy: What Every Teacher Gives
The ‘giving’ of yourself implies that you give your whole self to the act of teaching–that you merge your ‘self’ and your pedagogy.
The ‘giving’ of yourself implies that you give your whole self to the act of teaching–that you merge your ‘self’ and your pedagogy.
Even as apps have fallen in favor, mobility is the new standard. Information, communication, search—mobility matters in the modern world.
To get the best work from a student, they need to create their own standards for quality academic work–ideally alongside you, as a teacher.
In rigorous tasks, learners will often need to synthesize data, positions, or theories from multiple sources or perspectives.
The reasons to learn given at the end of the list are better than those at the beginning, & all are adequate ‘purposes of school.’
Who gets to say you’re doing a good job as a teacher? When you go to bed at night, whose approval are you really looking for?
“What’s wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology. No amount of technology will make a dent. The problems are sociopolitical.”
Why do we create school mission statements alongside the planets & stars, then insist on data and strategies grounded in research & reality?
The need to be rational collides with the enormous complexity and scale of the circumstances teachers face.
To use the Gradual Release of Responsibility model, students need to see others using it and who better to model it but you?
This list includes 20 (mostly) simple things you can do (relatively) quickly to become a better teacher in the 21st century.
We’re sharing 75 questions students can ask themselves that can guide their thinking and awareness before, during, and after your teaching.
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