As members of the collective space of the classroom, educators must ensure that we are appropriately socializing students to engage in civility, both inside and outside of the classroom.
The Balance Of Power In The Classroom
The Gifts And Handicaps We Bring to The Table
Along with our learners being a diverse group, we as teachers also bring our own talents and preferences into the classroom.
Feedback Instrument
To be effective instructors, we need to find ways to check in with our students. This feedback can guide us to being more efficient and providing a better experience for our students.
Four Core Assumptions of Skillful Teaching
What I learned from this chapter of Brookfield's book is that we can't get too comfortable and need to adopt a constant feedback loop with our students in order to know that we are effective instructors.
A Safe Space To Learn
In such a cauldron of difference, there will be few standardized practices that help students across the board learn essential skills or knowledge. An approach that one student finds particularly useful or congenial may well be unsettling and confusing to the student sitting next to them. Stephen D. Brockfield
My Teaching Philosophy
I didn’t always realize it but throughout my life over many different careers, I have sought to share knowledge and teach others what I know.
Learning What a Blacksmith Does
It was a tiring day but also very fulfilling. I learned to make a dinner triangle and a striker out of two pieces of metal. How to heat the material, how to pound it, twist it and bend it. I learned how to build the fire and how much patience is needed.
Living With A Poet
I'm a lucky guy! I have many things to be grateful for but one of the best things is sharing my life with Michele who (among a lot of things) is a poet.
What Do I Want To Be?
I don't remember what I wanted to be when I was a child. I don't think people focused on that very much when I grew up.
We Are Rainbows
I love and admire those of you that discovered that you don't fit into rigid boxes of male and female or green, red or blue personalities. Love is Love
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