How To Kill Learner Curiosity In 12 Easy Steps by Terry Heick Killing 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 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...
What An Episode Of King Of The Hill Taught Me About Good Teachingby Matthew ByarsThere’s an episode of the animated TV show King of the Hill in which Hank, the curmudgeonly, old-fashioned father of the family, becomes an emergency substitute shop teacher at his son...
HS Teacher Responds To YouTuber Jake Paul’s Video Dissing Teachers by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Let’s be clear, school hasn’t always been engaging and empowering for students but as I’ve said many times, teachers are passionate...
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...
Healthy Growth Mindset Lessons From 13 Year Old AGT Winner Grace VanderWaal We love the Growth Mindset thinking in this video by and about America’s Got Talent winner Grace VanderWaal! The idea that you can be perfect or have to be the best is unrealistic and...
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