Cult of Pedagogy

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Listen to my interview with Claire English ( transcript ) Sponsored by Alpaca and Scholastic Magazines+ This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. It can happen to the best of us classroom management deteriorating over time. I think of it as us steering the ship of our classroom energetically.

Classroom Management 248

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 31, 2021

For many of us, our preparation to become teachers consisted of courses focusing on classroom management, lesson design, grading, and proven strategies that had withstood the test of time. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 42(5), 32–35. Kirschner, P. Stop Propagating the Learning Styles Myth." Willingham, 2010.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

I was more of a periodical girl, with the magazines and the newspapers and an occasional novel or self-help book. I was hired and became a school librarian but I thought I wanted to make a bigger impact by becoming a classroom teacher. I had earned my masters in the art of teaching elementary education.

Library 108

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

DECEMBER 19, 2022

I tried to declutter unnecessary items from my classroom periodically and my life in general, and also had family members who were trying to simplify too. Periodically, my students could earn a whole day of class as a free day if they won the grand prize in my class competition classroom management strategy.

Middle School 130

Middle School Classroom Management Social Studies Education 130

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I played guitar in a punk rock band, scoured music magazines, wrote song lyrics and even booked and promoted local concerts. This controlled chaos felt at odds with expectations of strict classroom management, and I had to shift gears quickly. By then, I had developed a passion for music.

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