Teaching: The art & science of helping people learn
Pairing Teachers To Improve Professional Development contributed by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies Teacher Professional development isn’t something that many teachers …
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Teachers engage in reflective exploration through the use of case studies of core concepts, adding to their existing instructional practice.
Lisa Thomas Prince and Lori Gustafson offer the following ten tips for teaching mindfulness in the classroom at any grade level.
by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD I miss teaching. Not so much the rigors of bells, short breaks, endless …
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“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.
What Do You Do With A Student? by Terry Heick Say you’ve got some students. Two or 122. Doesn’t matter–they’re …
From building trust and relationships to cultivating responsibility, here are 6 strategies for working with your most ‘difficult’ students.
In a perfect world, all assessment would be formative–an ongoing loop of learning, feedback, revision, and learning again.
It’s an extraordinary amount of work to design precise and personalized assessments that illuminate pathways forward for individual students.
Direct instruction is the explicit teaching of objectives while project-based learning is more passive, ongoing, and self-directed.
Whether you’re using data to personalize learning or refine curriculum, the ability to easily check for understanding is critical to your teaching.
While ‘being cool’ isn’t necessary for effective pedagogy, there is an undeniable performative component to teaching.