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All about teachers and the world of teaching; teachers sharing their best and worst interactions with students, best teaching practices, the path to becoming a teacher, and more.
An Open Letter to the Best Teacher Ever
Dear Ms. McGovern, First and foremost, I want to say thank you for being a great teacher to me. Thank you for always believing in me when no one else did. I realize that being a teacher is a difficult job, but you deserve a lot more recognition for being an inspiration to your students: past and present. It’s been almost 20 years since I first stepped foot in your classroom and I’ve learned a lot every time I’m there. You always encouraged me and everyone else to be the best that we could be. I still have my eighth grade yearbook and look back at all the great memories I’ve had. I remember you giving me a Dallas Mavericks jersey on my birthday and it made my day. Whenever I needed someone to talk to about anything, I would go to you. You were more just a teacher, but a mentor. Even though I was a shy and introverted 14 year old, you always wanted me to do well. You always treated us like we were family and never judged us. Every time I was in your class, I always learned something new. I’m now in my early 30s and still have the most utmost respect for you. I know being a teacher is not an easy job, but you made sure that all of us succeeded in the classroom and in life. If I had the chance to meet you again one day, I would say thank you for changing my life and helped me achieve my goals. Also, for believing that I had hope and dreams. Thank you for encouraging me to not give up. I hope to continue to be an inspiration to other as you have in mine. No matter where I am, I’ll always be a Gunn Gator for life: then, now, and forever.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 6 years ago in Education
Reaction to the Assessment Crisis
The most misunderstood aspect of education is the stressed importance of standardized testing. It's reached the point where the only "accurate" means of evaluation in schools, are high-stakes tests that inaccurately categorize students as either winners or losers. Students and teachers have made it abundantly clear over the years, that this practice needs to stop. However, when it comes to education, schools are ruled by the system.
By Shay Hanae6 years ago in Education
Recognizing and Overcoming False Growth Mindsets
"A growth mindset is the belief that you can develop your talents and abilities through hard work, good strategies, and help from others" (Dweck 1). Research has proven that a growth mindset has a profound, continuous, and positive effect on student motivation and participation. However, a growth mindset is only as effective as the archer who is teaching with it.
By Shay Hanae6 years ago in Education
9 Tips to Teach English in Thailand
I recently finished a year teaching ESL in a high school in central Thailand. As with most things in life there was a lot of good and a lot of bad. It was an experience that I would never trade for anything, and in the end, all the good completely outweighed the bad.
By Sabrina Petrafesa6 years ago in Education
What To Look Forward To In Educational Tech in 2020
There is heightened optimism regarding improved and more reliable and responsive gadgets that have a huge positive impact in the field of academe. These educational tech gadgets are meant to improve the way students learn and the way teachers deliver their lesson plans.
By Jennifer Billington6 years ago in Education
Help! I’m a Substitute Teacher with No Lesson Plans! Part 1
If you are a substitute teacher, especially if you have been in the game for a while, there is no doubt that you have run into the horrific scenario of walking into a classroom with confusing lesson plans, missing materials, or no lesson plans at all. You may have had to fight the urge to run out of the classroom screaming because every teacher knows that failure to plan is a plan to fail. Most teachers will agree that having to teach a group of students without sufficient plans and supplies can be extremely stressful.
By Haley Peterson6 years ago in Education
Playtime is Precious
Children need a great deal of unstructured play time. This is the time when their imaginations can soar. They learn to navigate the world around them, increase vocabulary, learn to negotiate with peers and interact with adults and many different materials. Remember, for young children everything is new! Everything we adults take for granted is an adventure into the unknown for the small child. During play time whether at home or at school, the children need to have the space, materials and encouragement to try new things and explore. Adults can play crucial roles in helping them develop new skills by integrating themselves into the child's play instead of directing the play. By letting the child direct the play, and asking questions, making observations and encouraging them the children can be guided to learn new skills, new vocabulary, many facts and understand many roles of the people, animals and plants in the world around them.
By Morgan Alber6 years ago in Education
TEACHERS TRAINING COURSES
The children are the future of the country. They are the posterity of the entire nation. Since the future of the country is dependent on the children, so their education is an important aspect. This is the only reason that teaching is considered very important now a days. The teaching process should be very much effective and should always facilitate the learning. These learnings have a great impact on student’s life and their minds. Also these learnings act as a guide for the rest of their life. A teacher training course helps the teachers to develop their skills and also help the students to get prepared for their coming future. There are many teaching training programs available. Also there are many training institutes out but selecting out the correct institute is one of the major steps that has to be done before pursuing any training. So choose the best teaching training institute and then opt for the teacher training course that suits your requirements as well. The teaching training course helps in development of the reflective thinking and collaborative learning.
By deepak isols6 years ago in Education
Teachers and The 9 Million Hours of Free Labour
Most teachers working in a state school are contracted to work 32.5 hours per week but that has never been the case in reality. A recent study by The UCL Institute of Education found that a quarter of teachers work more than 60 hours per week despite attempts to reduce teachers' working hours. That is almost double the hours stated in the contract. And this is not paid overtime. A research carried out by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) showed that this equals to 9 million hours of free labour each week. Primary teachers are guilty of working the most overtime - 13 hours per week - on average but secondary school teachers are not far behind with 12.8 hours.
By R.S. Sillanpaa6 years ago in Education
