How To Kill Learner Curiosity In 12 Easy Steps

How To Kill Learner Curiosity In 12 Easy Steps

Aug 22, 2019 | Fun, Teaching

How To Kill Learner Curiosity In 12 Easy Stepsby Terry HeickKilling a learner’s natural curiosity doesn’t happen overnight. It can take as long as 12 years, and in some rare cases even that isn’t long enough.Learning environments focused on...
How Students Are Like Cats

How Students Are Like Cats

Mar 9, 2019 | Fun, Teaching

How Students Are Like Catsby Terry HeickStudents can be a lot like cats.This occurred to me recently when teaching a group of 8th graders about the wonders of the preposition. Cats are curious, aloof little prima donnas capable of great feats of athleticism and...
27 Things Teachers (Have To) Do Well

27 Things Teachers (Have To) Do Well

Feb 23, 2018 | Fun

27 Things Teachers (Have To) Do Well by TeachThought Staff What’s a teacher? What kinds of things should a 21st century be able to do?  How about with an iPad? What’s the purpose of school? These are the kinds of questions we like to try to tackle here at...