Going Where No Teacher Has Gone Before… THE MARGINS!
Picture this: you’re floating in space, among the thousands of stars, galaxies, and nebulae. You pass by shooting star, and on that shooting star is […]
Month: September 2019
Teaching in the Margins: What Is It?
Think about the term “margin”. It’s the part of a written source where the text stops and the blank space of the page starts, right? […]
Teaching in the Margins: A “yes, and…” Philosophy
When you hear the term “the margins”, what do you think of? Most people probably think of the edges of a paper where you write […]
Outside of the Box and In the Margins
What is the best way to teach our students? Is it through hour long lectures, strict note taking and forcing them to sit and listen […]
Striving to Teach in the Margins
I walk in to class and see twenty-five desks lined up in five rows. I take a seat in the second row. The bell rings […]
Teaching in the Margins or the Center?
Imagine a forest, what do you see? You probably imagine lots of trees and a covering of dead leaves on the ground. Now, imagine some […]
Elementary vs Exemplary Educators
Hello, my name is Mason Schmidt and I am a prospective educator. I’ve wanted to pursue education as a career for about three years now […]
Redefining teaching: Being an Exemplary Science Teacher
I’m sure everyone has a teacher that you probably will remember for the rest of your life – be it your English teacher, your soccer […]
Exemplary Science Teachers: the Art of Teaching Science
I bet if you asked 100 students about their favorite part of science class, you wouldn’t hear about their favorite worksheet, or the lecture on […]
Out of the Box Teaching
Exemplary science teaching may look different to each individual person based on their past experiences and preferences for learning. Did they have effective or non-effective […]