Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

My goal here is to inspire all teachers regardless of your setting to think about how this kind of teaching might be possible in your classroom. These are assessed with rubrics used in every class, rubrics that focus on durable, transferable skills like collaboration, effective communication, and critical thinking.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Instead of teaching specific facts and skills, teach timeless skills that allow students to adapt to any challenge or solve any problem. Instead of teaching specific facts and skills, teach timeless skills that allow students to adapt to any challenge or solve any problem. The answer lies in zooming out.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In my first-ever job, I sat in front of a computer teaching English over the internet to a group of students in South Korea. When Rote Memorization Rules the Day When I started my first tutoring job, I was hardly concerned with the caliber of the content I was teaching. What was I even teaching them?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

“I think we’re turning kids off to learning in this country by putting them in rows and giving them multiple-choice tests — the compliance model,” says McLeod. But my hope is that in the pathways courses we’re teaching them to love learning. While the average poverty rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent , some 21.5

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