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Using Purpose to Encourage Student Engagement
One advantage of online learning from an instructional coaching perspective is it’s easier to get a sense of a student’s experience. From home offices, we can visit the documents, videos, and pages designed to lead students through lessons, tasks, and projects and put ourselves in the digital shoes of a 6th, or 9th, or 11th …
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 how we meet and why it matters, provides key insights into at least three crucial aspects of excellent teaching: establishing purpose, cultivating generous authority, and ending well. Parker’s book’s written for a general reader; anyone who has …
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...]