Since the earthquake, I've been thinking a lot about the students that have died. There are 10,000 students at my school alone. If there were an earthquake in Zhengzhou, my city, I'm sure there would be similar results. I'm just thankful my students are safe since some of them panicked and wanted to run out of the school.
Last night as I was writing my very first blog on this website, my mom appeared. She had been at our old house, finishing up the cleaning, and she got home at about 10:30 PM. When she came in she told me that she was worried- she has driven past a small park about a block down the road and seen a small girl sitting there in the dark alone, head down.
Instructors Guide to Becoming A Great Professor: A Student’s Perspective
This is really a two-fold dilemma for teachers. On the one hand, they are rarely held accountable for what they teach and for what actually happens in the classroom. Generally the feeling of teachers is very territorial. “This is my classroom, my space, stay out.” The defensive nature of an educator is universal. This could be for several reasons, including feelings of being unapprec
Experiential Teaching & Learning… Is it really important?
Actually, I got the idea for this post from my last one on my youngest daughter’s class project concerning global warming. This is a bit different though, but still holds true to the principles concerning how teachers teach, and perhaps more importantly, how students learn.
Brainwashing our children?
"Associated with teacher quality is the question of teachers' influence on their students.
