There was a “Meet the Teacher Night” this week at my son’s high school. Parents follow their child’s schedule, with seven minute periods instead of the normal forty-four. It was definitely an eye opener.
Period 1: English Language Arts:
The English teacher is enthusiastic. She takes us through her grading system quickly…quizzes, tests, homework, and class participation [...]
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Posted in children's gifts, constructivist learning, inquiry learning, inquiry teaching, k-12 education, learning, practice, socratic method, student leadership, transformation on September 23, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Today I am turning Ed Tech Journeys over to Don Mesibov of the Institute for Learning Centered Education. Don’s newsletters are always great (see his New Year’s Message); but this one struck a chord with me.
“What is the theory of how people learn that guides school and classroom practices in your district?”
In how many schools [...]
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I watched from the back of the room as the students began to disengage from their teacher. Several of them pushed their chairs back in frustration. They were lost. It didn’t take long before they completely gave up on the lesson. They couldn’t keep up. The teacher was moving pretty fast. I could almost hear [...]
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Is it success to install bright shiny new computers that operate super fast and run the latest operating system and in the process lose the use of teacher and student software, tools, and lesson plans that can’t run on the new OS?
Or how about this?
I asked the leader of a networking services team, “What differentiates [...]
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Honor the spirit of teachers
that walk the dark mountainside
and the mysterious paths of learning
at night,
their dim lanterns
lighting the way for those that follow.
Teachers who beckon us from our darkest hiding places;
teachers that demand;
those that create space for our answers;
those that destroy our touchstones and landmarks,
forcing us to find our own way.
The counselor teachers
sitting at the [...]
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How do the numbers of teachers compare with other occupations?
How do teacher salaries compare across the profession?
Notice that the annual mean wage of elementary and secondary school teachers is $33,330. This annual salary is lowest of all teaching occupations. Also, notice that nearly every industry in the private sector pays their teachers/instructors more than [...]
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