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How To Get Fired As A Teacher

How To Get Fired As A Teacher

How To Get Fired As A Teacherby Terry HeickGetting fired in any profession can be tricky.Maybe you want a career change, but need a push in that direction. Or maybe you want to stay at home with the kids and be a ‘stay at home’ parent. (What an odd...
Practice And Reflect: A Road Map To Becoming A Better Teacher

Practice And Reflect: A Road Map To Becoming A Better Teacher

Prioritize, Practice, Refine And Reflect: A Road Map To Becoming A Better Teacher by Terry Heick Becoming a better teacher is not much different than becoming a better artist or farmer or architect or engineer. Most broadly, improvement in teaching can be reduced to a...
The Shift From Content To Purpose: A Continuum Of Choice

The Shift From Content To Purpose: A Continuum Of Choice

The Shift From Content To Purpose: A Continuum of Choice by TeachThought Staff What is the difference between a teacher-centered and learner-driven classroom? We’ve taken a look at examples of student-centered teaching before. It’s both a subtle (in theory) and...
10 Pros And Cons Of A Flipped Classroom

10 Pros And Cons Of A Flipped Classroom

10 Pros And Cons Of A Flipped Classroomby Mike AcedoMany of us can recall instances in our lives where we found ourselves idly sitting in a classroom, eyes glazed over, half listening to our teacher as they lectured in front of the room.These scenes are all too...
11 Bad Teaching Habits That Are Stifling Your Growth

11 Bad Teaching Habits That Are Stifling Your Growth

11 Bad Teaching Habits That Are Stifling Your Growthby Saga Briggs, opencolleges.edu.auThere’s a certain class of mistakes that all educators can eliminate with conscious effort, and in this post we outline 11 of them. They range from habits of practice to habits of...
Why Teacher Education Should Include Neuroscience

Why Teacher Education Should Include Neuroscience

By Dr. Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed.The neuroscience of how the brain learns and what influences the most successful brain acquisition and application of learning should be included in all teacher education programs.Teachers need to be prepared with foundational knowledge...