Entries Published On May, 2020
in Education
This Class Is Being Interrupted for a Special Pandemic
Questions addressed in this post: Why are classrooms such rowdy places? Why is teaching so hard? Why does professional development not make bad teachers good? What can we do about all this? Here’s a learning environment as described by one Veronique Mintz: Talking out of turn. Destroying classroom materials. Disrespecting teachers. Blurting out answers during …
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Three: Ending Well(If you haven’t read part one, on establishing purpose, or part two, on facilitating well, I’d [keep reading...]
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Two: Teaching With Generous Authority(If you haven’t read part one, about establishing purpose, consider starting there.) After [keep reading...]
Why Teachers Should Consider Their Classes “Gatherings”Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, a book that, as the subtitle suggests, takes up the subject of [keep reading...]