Tag Archives: Teacher

Repost: “Behaviour Mgmt & Ignoring Individual issues”

Since the area of behavior management in class is one of my specialties, I decided to share this teacher/blogger’s thoughts. One quote near the beginning caught my eye: One of the things I struggled with (yet somewhat enjoyed, lol) was … Continue reading

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Artfully Creating the Right Group Dynamic | Teaching Tolerance | Teacher Talk

This is a re-post of a re-post of a Teaching Tolerance blog post related to art and the art of teaching tolerance. You’re not seeing double; just read the preceding sentence out loud, if it helps. (grin) Mainly, read the … Continue reading

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Teacher Talk | a place for education discussions

Dear Reader, If you follow my blog, you know that it deals only in part with education issues. For example, presently I’m in the middle of exploring how to publish to the Kindle. Since this blog addresses non-education issues, if … Continue reading

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Emily Wall: Facebooking With Students?

  Some of us have no problem with friending students on Facebook. Others of us are not so sure this is a good idea. In her blog post, Emily Wall poses the pros and cons of interacting with students using … Continue reading

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Teaching for the Future: “9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn”

Preparing our children to adapt to change is probably the most critical lesson we can pass on, whether as teachers or parents (whom I define as the first and most important educators). The following blog was brought to my attention by … Continue reading

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Family-School-Community Partnerships : Priority Schools Campaign

  Take part in the conversation about schools. Schools, after all, are communities within our greater communities, and need full participation of the greater communities to function effectively and efficiently. As a researcher, I can tell you that studies show … Continue reading

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Fixing Education: Classroom Management 4

Teaching Kids to Prevent Conflict How many of us, as youngsters, became angry with a friend or situation that got us into trouble only to hear from a parent, “What could you have done differently to keep this from becoming … Continue reading

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Fixing Education: Classroom Management–Part 3

Tiered Guided Practice Many educators intuitively know that students, no matter at what level, need practice in a safe environment.  One old technique that aids in the management of classroom activity is Guided Practice–or, using my term, Tiered Guided Practice. … Continue reading

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Fixing Education: Classroom Management–Part 2

Today I stumbled across an education management technique from Teaching Tolerance.  I had a different topic for classroom management in mind, but I decided to run with this one instead.  I believe the technique was borrowed from classroom ice-breaker/management techniques … Continue reading

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Fixing Education: Classroom Management–Part 1

One of the biggest deterrents to success in class is how the teacher manages his/her time as well as behavioral issues among the class members.  Although all teacher training programs now require that prospective teachers complete a class in classroom management techniques, … Continue reading

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