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Good vs Great Teachers: My Ravitch Response

A Principal's Reflections

Sound classroom management skills. Designs lessons that foster critical thinking skills and cognitive growth through authentic-based practices. Designs lessons that foster critical thinking skills and cognitive growth through authentic-based practices. I could go on and on, but I think you get the point.

Pedagogy 271
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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. And that's really, I think, what most teachers struggle with, because if you can't manage, you can't teach. I also teach media literacy.

Library 106
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I Once Made a Student Cry, and It Made Me a Better Teacher

ED Surge

I tried various classroom management strategies: positive narration, proximity and whole-class attention-getters. Education as a Humanizing Practice In Pedagogy of the Oppressed , Paulo Freire argues that education should make students more human. This behavior was unusual for her. Nothing worked.

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New Teachers Need More Support. Here's an Easy Way to Help

ED Surge

Classroom walk-throughs and observations place undue stress on new teachers, eat into prep time and can exacerbate existing classroom management issues. The act of regular reflection, on its own, also helps new teachers develop the mental skills that can prevent classroom issues down the line.

K-12 122