Tag: Student Engagement

Student-centered teaching is teaching designed for the student. Done well, it can disarm some of the more intimidating parts of academia.

I am responsible for everyone and thing in this class and therefore at times what I say and do may confuse you…

If you want a child to give up, constantly emphasize their shortcomings and let them know you’re doing so for their own…

Killing a learner’s natural curiosity doesn’t happen overnight. It can take as long as 12 years, and in rare cases that isn’t…

Ambition precedes curiosity. Without wanting to change or grow, curiosity is simply a momentary neurological reaction to stimuli.

Since many boys do not read teacher-privileged literary fiction texts at home, many of them classify themselves as non-readers.

To use the Gradual Release of Responsibility model, students need to see others using it and who better to model it but…

In the first stage of curiosity, students are primarily concerned with procedural knowledge: What they’re supposed to do and how.