A Student By Any Other Name
Ethics are, of course, subjective. Intentional teachers are naturally focused on modeling behaviors that will serve their students long into the future. In today’s world, depersonalization is rampant; we are often reduced to student IDs, pin numbers, account numbers, employee numbers and other digital labels. Sometimes, perhaps inadvertently, depersonalization manifests itself in classrooms of even the most well meaning educators. From ...
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Do You Have What it Takes to Survive Teaching?
Some days it feels like the sharks are circling. Teaching is a challenge, especially the first few years. But for some, the dangers are more daunting than for others. Here are some colleagues whose first years were truly extreme, but they survived—and they're still at it. h3. Stage Fright During her first few weeks of teaching, Connye Lacombe struggled to be ... -
Use Caution with Gestures in Class
Very few gestures are universally understood and interpreted. What is perfectly acceptable in the United States may be rude, or even obscene, in other cultures. It is important for mainstream teachers to understand how the gestures they use unconsciously may be misunderstood. This activity allows participants to look a little closer at how body language might be interpreted by English Language ... -
Why Grading on the Curve Hurts
Remember the game of musical chairs? It's the game where children dance around a circle of chairs to music. When the music stops, kids rush to sit in the chairs. There are never enough chairs for everyone, and the slowest children are out of the game once the faster children have found seats. The game is set up so that for ... -
How to Work With Disruptive Students
What classroom doesn't have at least one or two students who constantly disrupt the class with their antics? In order for students to be able to learn effectively, there needs to be consistency and order in the classroom. Often new teachers do not know of ways on how to handle the ongoing battles with disruptive students, and this makes their job ... -
How to Approach Behavior Problems in Class
From elementary to high school, managing behavior is by far the most difficult part of being a teacher. Problem behaviors come in a variety of forms, from a young child hitting to a teenager disrupting your lesson. Children also come to school with a variety of emotional and life challenges, which may make their problem behaviors seem complex and difficult to ...
What Makes a Great Teacher?
Study after study shows the single most important factor determining the quality of the education a child receives is the quality of his teacher. Teaching is one of the most ...