How to Foster Resilient Learners in the Classroom
On page 7 of the book Fostering Resilient Learners, the author mentions the responsibility of a teacher “to educate every single child who enters our […]
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How to Address Misconceptions in the Science Classroom
Let’s start by watching this video: How many of these misconceptions have you have held? Were there any that surprised you? These are all only […]
The Wonder in Wonderful Ideas
In the book “The Having of Wonderful Ideas”, Duckworth emphasizes the importance of the virtues involved in not knowing, just as much as the virtue […]
MTV: The Art of Visualizing Thinking
In the current classrooms, teachers mostly focus on completing worksheets and assignments, instead of emphasizing the importance of truly understanding the material. We don’t expect […]
How to Construct Your Classroom With Constructivism
In the article Constructivism in Classroom: Theory into Practice (1999), Naylor and Keogh explained that the “central principles of this approach [constructivist view] are that […]
Structuring Interdependence: Cooperative Learning
I’m sure every student has experienced this: Group projects aren’t the most fun, exciting and collaborative as your teachers think it is. One person goes […]
DRIVE: What Keeps You Going?
Let me ask you a question: Why do you study? Is it for the grades? Is it because your parents promised you the brand new […]
The Path to Teaching: Going Into The Margins
What are our roles as the teacher in the classroom? To lecture them about the curriculum? Making sure that they’re seated in their rows, not […]
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 […]