Bryan West Ph.D.  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  117 views  |  Read Full

 

John Dewey, the father of progressive education, promoted the revolutionary notion for his time that formal education should be about more than the acquisition of bodies of content knowledge. He strongly believed education should go beyond the mastery of knowledge and skill to include learning to use classroom content in daily living. Not only that, the practical application should be towards promoting the "greater good."

Bryan West Ph.D.  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  116 views  |  Read Full

 

In the strict "teacher-tell" model of traditional educational approaches, teachers who sought to become friends with their students were outside the norm. In some cases, this kind of behavior was actually seen as a breach of ethics. Teachers were the experts and students were the novices and the gap between them was to be maintained to preserve both order in the class and the respect for authority needed for learning to occur.

Candace Davies  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  71 views  |  Read Full

 

During a teacher interview, you will more than likely be asked the question: How do you motivate your students? Of course, we know that motivating students and piquing their interest in learning is a key factor in their success in the classroom, so what methods have proven successful in capturing their attention and driving successful mastery of the material?

Anand B. Surampudi  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  67 views  |  Read Full

 

Change is constant. Challenges are continuous. Reflections on both needs and results yield positive changes and consequences on the way one faces the future challenges. One of the predominant challenges experienced by many educational societies, institutions and organizations across the world is the need for evaluating and analyzing the impacts of temporal changes apropos in teaching methods and methodologies on teachers and students.

Terry Philips  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  71 views  |  Read Full

 

When we think about schooling, we often wonder exactly what it is that students require from their teacher. However, it is important to understand that teachers need a few things from their students too.

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Perhaps, it shouldn't be too surprising that kids today in school know less of their history then they have at anytime the prior. One of the major problems of course is the ESL (English as a Second Language) challenges, because kids who don't speaking English have a tough time learning anything, including history.

Candace Davies  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  115 views  |  Read Full

 

During a teacher interview, you will more than likely be asked the question: How do you motivate your students? Of course, we know that motivating students and piquing their interest in learning is a key factor in their success in the classroom, so what methods have proven successful in capturing their attention and driving successful mastery of the material?

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Question and answer sessions are an important part of lessons and are integral to test students’ comprehension of material, as well as to let you as the teacher know where your students are in terms of their understanding of lesson concepts. Sometimes, however, these sessions can go flat. Students can tune out, opt out, play dumb, etc, as a way to get out of participating. So how can you improve your question and answer sessions to get more out of your students and display your control?

Candace Davies  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  139 views  |  Read Full

 

When managing your classroom, one of the most important tools at your disposal is your voice. The way in which you communicate to your students verbally has a lot to do with how your students will respond to you. And it goes far beyond the message that you are actually communicating. The way you use your voice – the tone, pace and volume – has a lot to do with how your message will be received and interpreted.

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A teacher plays a very important role in society. It is these individuals who nourish the minds of our children, molding them into responsible knowledgeable adults. Thus, the teaching profession is often referred to as a “calling”. As a teacher with a passion for teaching, your desire might be to impact knowledge to your students in the best way you know how, and a private school might provide you with a very suitable avenue to do so.