Guest  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  895 views  |  Read Full

 

Curriculum and instruction go hand in hand when it comes to meeting standards. Without a strong curriculum, instruction becomes lost and weak. Curriculum guides instruction and without curriculum there is no instruction. My theory is based on research and classroom experience as a teacher.

Ross Leadbetter M.Ed.  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  630 views  |  Read Full

 

Excellent instructors know the power of metaphor, analogy, and story. They engage in elegant leverage by using something their students know well in order to introduce, explain, and anchor that which is being taught and learned. Additionally, systems thinking is rife with metaphor, analogy, and story. The simple diagrams of systems thinking serve to sketch reality, using circles and arrows and graphs we know and understand to create images that represent abstract ideas and complex relationships.

Jayson Geyser  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  1124 views  |  Read Full

 

In recent years a debate has developed over which approaches to structuring, planning and implementing lessons are more effective. Theorists and practitioners are constantly arguing about how language acquisition takes place and how best to facilitate this. Many approaches and methods have been developed which have had a substantial impact on language teaching.

Jason Geyser  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  1278 views  |  Read Full

 

An important responsibility of an ESL teacher is to create an effective learning environment for learning to take place. This involves both actions and the decisions of the teacher. The actions are those things that are done in the classroom, such as rearranging the chairs and desks. The decisions relate to how and when these actions are implemented.

Linette Daniels  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  666 views  |  Read Full

 

Thanks to a lot of research, it has been found that creative thinking can be taught and learned. So as teachers, we should be encouraging and developing creativity, but this is often not the case.

Ross Leadbetter  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  568 views  |  Read Full

 

You already know your subject better than anyone else, and you are ready to share your knowledge. Have your knowledge respected, and your instruction remembered.

Matt Amaral  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  440 views  |  Read Full

 

The reason I like the end of the year so much is because it is such a clean break. At no point during the regular school year do I feel anything but an impending sense of doom every day when I get home from work. I am always behind and playing a game of catch-up.

Sheila Linville  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  1622 views  |  Read Full

 

Overall, the main way in which Montessori children differ from traditional students is that Montessori children love to learn. They do not memorize facts and figures for the purposes of passing a test or pleasing adults. It is that passionate love for learning which separates Montessori students from traditional students.

Liz Marsden  |  Teaching Methodology  |  1 comments  |  645 views  |  Read Full

 

What's this -- classroom assistants must learn to do nothing? Is this crazy talk or what? No, not crazy -- totally serious. It's is often extremely beneficial when managing children's behaviour to stand back and do nothing.

Donna Newberg Long  |  Teaching Methodology  |  2 comments  |  1204 views  |  Read Full

 

The focus in schools today is to raise achievement among our students. While that is an admirable goal, I suggest that schools evaluate what they are already doing well. Then, get rid of those less important strategies and focus on those that are really working.