What’s with teachers and all the time they get off?
It’s often said that one of the perks of being a teacher in the amount of time off we get. Can’t really deny it, to the non-teachers I can see how it seems bonkers how much time we get off. But… of course, there’s a but… it’s not the whole story. Holidays are not...Continual Professional Development an ongoing challenge
Professional development should be an ongoing practice. As someone who has returned to education after a lengthy break I am more than many my age who are teaching, I suspect, keen to improve my skills. That’s not to say that teachers who have 20+ years experience...It’s all about learning.
It is with some chagrin that I must admit is only in the last couple of years that I have come to understand that most of what we do as teachers is about learning. I think I am in good company and certainly not alone. It is only recently with the relatively easier and...Teaching – A Performance Art
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...Learning Styles – not what you think they are?
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...
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