Tag: teaching
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An Ed Psych Lesson
I Googled a definition of Educational Psychology. The first hit defined it as: Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organization. Here is where I got it. I was…
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More Than Theory
In the past, I would have said that it’s easier to just teach theory. Go to class. Just teach the next chapter. Keep it theory, and I would have fulfilled the requirements of that course. Easy enough. But teaching is so much more than theory. When you teach the…
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LL38: Teaching Leadership in a Classroom
Is it possible to teach leadership in a classroom? As someone that teaches leadership in the classroom, it’s been and probably always be a question that I ask myself. As the saying goes, you either have it or you don’t have it – so that begs the question, can it…
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Failure as an Option
When you spend over a decade in school and some of us a few more years in college, we are taught one thing – that failure is not an option. In fact, we’re taught that you are a failure if you fail. Some of US learn that an A is…
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A Perspective on Ignorance
As a teacher and an educator, I want to educate against ignorance. I get a picture of this super hero teacher that is fighting the crime of ignorance. I tend to think that a good teacher is one that can fight ignorance. I tend to think that a good teacher…
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Teaching Students vs. Teaching Subjects
This is not a new idea, but there is a difference between teaching students or teaching a subject. Teaching a subject is easier than teaching students. Knowing your subject matter and having command of the information – does not a teacher make. Don’t get me wrong, there are a ton…
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What We Teach
I work at a school. What do we teach? Yes, we teach writing, reading, and math. Sometimes we teach art, singing, and creativity. But because it is a formal education setting – not the schola of old – we teach compliance. That’s what we teach. Do this for a A…
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Some Things Can’t Be Taught
in the classroom. There are just things about life that just cannot be taught out of a book – in a classroom. There are many things that just can’t be learned in a classroom either. In fact, learning in the classroom only challenges a few of the intelligences. There are…
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Teaching Adults
There’s nothing that intimidates me more than teaching adult learners – teaching students that are 10-15-20 years my senior. It doesn’t matter that I have a degree or 2 more than they do, they’re older. I’m not sure if it’s the Asian in me that just has this super healthy…
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On teaching adolescents
I have enjoyed working with adolescents. I have spent alot of time up front – teaching. Whether teaching hundreds or just a handful, teaching students has been rewarding as well as entertaining. I’ve prepared lessons and curriculum for students. I’ve taken classes on it; I’ve researched and studied in order…