Essays on Teaching Articles
1: 21st-Century Skills -- this will be a Hot Topic for many years
21st-Century Skills will be much discussed for many years. The writer recommends several articles for background information.
2: Extended School Day and what it could mean for students and parents
There is push in the UK for all schools to offer an extended school day by 2012. This follows evidence from the United States where extending the school day to 10 hours has provided dramatic results. Some underprivileged schools there have managed to increase the percentage of their students going on to college from 10% to 80%. It is hoped that an extended school day will have similarly dramatic results in the UK.
3: Warning: Constructivism Wants YOU
Many top educators say Constructivism is the perfect teaching method. Maybe in small doses, it has some merit. Unfortunately, this rapacious fad always demands bigger doses. (Short article explains the basics, and recommends a video and essay for more detail.)
4: Essay on Special Education: A Possible Future Model for Diagnosis and Remediation
This article discusses some revisions to the curent special education system, particularly with respect to diagnostics (or identification) and remediation
5: Monday, 8 AM; Take One
I stand on top of my desk, a blunted, fencing sword in my hand, a copy of Hamlet in the other. A student, looking uncannily like Queen Gert
6: The Heart of a Teacher
The Heart of a Teacher
What is heart? Passion, desire, and drive combined to form an intense intrinsic motivation to act
7: Four of the Most Important Adult Educators
The most famous educators throughout history have had influence far and beyond the teaching of children. Advancements in universal areas including philosophy and politics have been shaped by great te
8: Teaching to the (Quadratic)Brain
This article discusses how teaching methods can derive from brain function and offers suggestions on how to "teach to the brain."
9: Advice for Teachers: How to Discipline Without Stress, Punishment or Rewards
7 Things GREAT Teachers Know, Understand, and Do to Motivate Students to Learn Without Using Punishments or Rewards.
10: Call for a Revision in Teaching Methodology
This article presents a vision of what a motivation-enhancing education format centering on child developmemt might look like.
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