Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Listen to my interview with Blake Harvard ( transcript ): Sponsored by Boclips Classroom and Brisk Teaching This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

Pedagogy Let’s begin with engagement. Successful remote learning is dependent on the consistent utilization of effective teaching strategies and pedagogy that empowers all kids to think and apply their thinking in relevant ways. Additionally, the digital divide is wider than many perceived.

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Pedagogy Social Justice K-12 EdTech 546

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 24, 2023

The focus must be on how the LEARNER is using it to LEARN in alignment with sound strategies and pedagogy. My statement above is meant to reassure all educators that the tenets of good teaching, sound pedagogy, and research on learning are of the utmost importance. On its own, it WILL NOT lead to learning or improved outcomes.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

I teach third grade, when young readers typically transition from developing readers to fluent ones, and it’s at this stage that they’re ready to begin to analyze texts on a deeper level. Whether you teach ELA or another content area, chances are your students read in your class. What I mean is I’m looking for annotations.

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Teaching Pedagogy High School Library 358

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

To achieve this goal, we must first examine the foundational elements that lead to successful teaching and learning, whether the environment is remote or hybrid. One pitfall is trying to teach traditionally under the current circumstances. Under the current circumstances, I would agree. So, where do you begin?

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 8, 2025

Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Alpaca and Brisk Teaching Every January for the last ten years, we have chosen a small collection of tech tools we think are worth checking out. The post 6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2025 first appeared on Cult of Pedagogy. That will be the same this year.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 30, 2020

Educators have taken a critical lens as to why they teach the way they do and how it can be done more effectively. I have experienced this firsthand over the past couple of weeks as I have worked with numerous districts on remote and hybrid pedagogy through all-day virtual workshops. Don't teach every standard.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 11, 2021

Pedagogical leadership encompasses all the many ways to support effective teaching and learning. If you want to improve pedagogy - and outcomes – it all starts with you. There is no more important goal than to improve learning for kids. Hence the need to look at different aspects or styles to improve outcomes. The pedagogical leader….

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The short walk down memory lane reminds me of why I was exhausted during my beginning years of teaching. There was also an emphasis on moving to inquiry and project-based pedagogies. Seek out or ask for professional learning support on remote and hybrid pedagogy. After all, I was a science teacher, and the fit was natural.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 26, 2020

It is critical to come to a consensus as to what this then means in the context of teaching, learning, and leadership. Pedagogy Whereas instruction is what the teacher does, pedagogy is the “how” and empowers learning on behalf of the students. It is essentially the science and art of teaching.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Below I will address six specific areas that can help to create an empathetic teaching and learning culture. Teaching both face-to-face and remote learners at the time is not easy, but I recently developed a pedagogical framework using a station rotation model that can help. New learning models and innovative pedagogies will take hold.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Listen to the interview with Amanda Morin and Emily Kircher-Morris ( transcript ): Sponsored by Boclips Classroom and Brisk Teaching This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. And at what expense?

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2020

Teaching will and must be different. We found great success at my school during our digital transformation by focusing on pedagogy first, technology second if appropriate mindset. It is okay to admit that we were ill-prepared before and during the pandemic. Leadership must and will be different.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Others say learning facts is unimportant in the age of Google where we can instantly look anything up, and that the focus should be on teaching skills.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2025

Only one in eight programs give elementary school teachers enough time to learn the math content they teach, according to a recent study by the National Council on Teacher Quality, which reviewed more than 1,100 teacher prep programs around the country. The aim is to give teachers a deeper grasp of the content and more practice teaching it.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. Come back for more.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The other day I was working with Davis Schools in Utah on a hybrid learning model where educators would be teaching face-to-face and remote learners at the same time. My partner in crime was Belinda Kuck, who is the Director of Teaching and Learning. I learn so much from her every time we chat.

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K-12 Pedagogy Leadership Teaching 544

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

This is the second post as part of an adapted article I co-authored, Real-World Ready: Leveraging Digital Tools A few weeks back I shared ways that digital tools can improve teaching and learning. A good rule to follow is pedagogy first, technology second when appropriate.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 19, 2015

Technology in itself will never transform teaching and learning. We found great success at my school during our digital conversion by focusing on a pedagogy first, technology second if appropriate mindset. As Michael Fullan has stated, pedagogy is the driver and technology the accelerator.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

My role, like in many other similar districts across the country, has been to assist the teachers and administrators with digital pedagogy leading to purposeful use and efficacy using the framework below. They have utilized me as a keynoter, coach (leadership and teaching), and workshop presenter. Some aren't new, but others might be.

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EdTech K-12 Pedagogy Professional Development 542

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The fact for many in education is that we teach the way we were taught and lead the way we were led. The stage was set over the summer for me to work six days in each of their three schools to assist with teaching, learning, and leadership associated with their 1:1 implementation. In some cases, this might still be effective.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 2, 2025

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. In the very first minute of my first day teaching at Eastern Senior High School in Washington, DC, I received a rude awakening. And if you have new lessons to teach, you may struggle to help them catch up.

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Pedagogy Teaching Library Classroom Management 172

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2023

By understanding how these tools impact teaching and learning, educators can determine which ones to use and how to implement them effectively. When aligned with personalized pedagogy , harnessing the power of digital tools can help students take charge of their learning and become more self-directed in their education.

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Artifacts Pedagogy Tradition Teaching 526

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Each day I am in awe as I see innovation in action shared on social media, especially in the areas of blended, remote, and hybrid pedagogy. In particular, those who oversee Pre-K teaching and learning shared as a team with concrete examples. All successes, big and small, should be celebrated.

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Artifacts Public School Pedagogy Teaching 545

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2020

I have seen incredible lessons and activities that have both engaged and empowered learners through the purposeful use of technology, sound pedagogy, and personalized strategies. Remote learners can be placed in the same rotation to eliminate the back and forth that often occurs when trying to teach both groups simultaneously.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

The quest to improve pedagogy, and in turn learner outcomes, is a focus of many schools. As I work with schools and districts as a job-embedded coach, one of my main focus areas is to help improve pedagogy both with and without the use of technology. The University of Sydney: School of Teaching and Curriculum Studies.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 23, 2022

I don’t have to go into specifics as they are well known, but many of the issues include quarantined students, skeleton classes, concurrent teaching, covering classes, abrupt shifts to remote or hybrid learning, increasing demands, and personal exposure to the virus. As a result, the workload and stress just keep piling up.

Pedagogy 541

Pedagogy Professional Development High School Teaching 541

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Leaders must begin to transform school culture in ways where there are actually fundamental changes in teaching and learning so that technology is not just a gimmick or tool used to engage students. Pedagogy first, technology second when appropriate.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

My week-long visit there was a follow-up from 2019, where hundreds of classroom walk-throughs were conducted with a focus on improving digital pedagogy. Teaching during this past year has definitely challenged me, Lauren, to view things a little bit differently and has forced me out of my comfort zone in many ways.

Pedagogy 546

Pedagogy Elementary School Critical Thinking Cultures 546

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2020

Take this definition from Learning Technologies: Hybrid learning combines face-to-face and online teaching into one cohesive experience. The image below begins to visualize what this could look like as schools begin to transform teaching, learning, and leadership. Face-to-face It’s not a matter if, but when kids return to school.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 26, 2020

HERE you can find some specific teaching tips. Blended Pedagogies – Prior to the pandemic, many schools implemented instructional strategies that incorporated digital but did not fully make the pivot to blended learning. For a variety of strategies and perspectives, check out this Pinterest Board.

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Pedagogy Leadership Tradition Teaching 537

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

While there are many strategies to personalize, blended pedagogies represent the most practical means. While each has unique benefits, they all help move teaching and learning from a state of equality to equity. This is the essence of personalization. While you don’t need technology to personalize, it is required to blend.

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Pedagogy Teaching Education 499

Pedagogy and Formation

MARCH 5, 2025

Formation as the Practice of many Practices I write in my book 'Pedagogy and Education for Life' that: Education is the whole of life of a community, and the experience of its members learning to live this life, from the standpoint of a specific goal. Whats more, Habitus is part of Aristotles teaching on Ethics.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

They can also adapt their teaching methods and materials to cater to the diverse needs of their students. Educators should be willing to adapt their teaching methods and materials based on feedback and assessment results while connecting relevant trends and issues. The best classroom management strategy is sound pedagogy.

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Pedagogy Classroom Management Teaching Education 477

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

This means looking at key practices such as Tier 1 instruction, pedagogy, assessment, feedback, differentiation, RTI , real co-teaching , and professional learning to see where there is an opportunity to grow. Another standout for me was to see firsthand how much progress has been made with effective co-teaching strategies.

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Junior High Pedagogy Professional Development Leadership 491

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 21, 2019

I know when I went through my coursework and teaching certification process this was emphasized in any lesson plan. I have reflected a great deal on the objective aspect of the lesson and in my coaching with schools on pedagogy have advised them to move away from this traditional component of lesson design and implementation.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

He didn’t teach science. Even when faced with perplexing unknowns, the pedagogy employed by Mr. South allowed us to use extensive knowledge and skills we didn’t know we had to create solutions and take action to further develop skills and knowledge. South from his peers was his passion for helping students learn and love the sciences.

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