by Richard Galloway | Jan 25, 2016 | classroom management, for teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
I came across a great article in the Atlantic by Jessica Lahey called Teaching: Just Like Performing Magic. In it she talks to Teller of Penn and Teller fame about his time as a teacher before he became famous. He taught Latin of all things but his point was how...
by Richard Galloway | Jan 17, 2016 | child development, classroom management, for teachers, Uncategorized
The following statement is something that a lot of teachers will find hard to accept. …the idea that students learn differently depending on their personal preference for visual, auditory or kinesthetic cues is just a myth.For much of my teaching career the...
by Richard Galloway | Mar 8, 2015 | child development, classroom management, Uncategorized
Slow EducationCame across this today by way of the Guardian (a UK newspaper). In essence it compares today’s education to fast food and how that isn’t the best way forward. One way to fight commodification of education is slow education...
by Richard Galloway | Nov 3, 2013 | classroom management, teaching, Uncategorized
I came across a great article by Mr Lock today describing the transformation that has been occurring at his school over the last year.(You can read it here.) It got me thinking.Discipline in my mind is such a draconian word with negative connotations. Corporal...