In The Last Lecture, college professor Randy Pausch writes that for him the “number one goal [of education] was this: I wanted to help students learn how to judge themselves . . . In the end, educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective.”
“The pursuit of self-knowledge —knowledge of the self as an individual, as a male or female, as a member of a race and community, as part of a particular age group — blends easily into a study of relations with others. Part of learning to care for one’s se
The federation’s executive took a bold step in September when it agreed to a plan for developing ETFO online additional qualification (AQ) courses.
Professional learning matters. It reinforces what we know, teaches us what we strive to learn, and challenges us in unexpected ways.
It’s the third Wednesday of the month almost 4 p.m. After a busy day at work teachers are heading out the door, to pursue their own learning. They converge at Spruce Glen Public School in Huntsville to share the fine art of teaching writing.
Elementary teachers are professionals. They understand how best to organize their time and commitments to meet the educational needs of their students.
Mentors play an important role in creating the possibility for happy endings for new teachers: that despite the stress and demands of their first year, they will become highly effective professionals who enjoy a fulfilling career.
Over the past 20 years, methods of teaching mathematics have shifted, from keeping students busy with the rote learning of disconnected facts and procedures to teaching for automaticity and flexibility and for a deep understanding of mathematical concepts.
During the summer of 2006, as I was working through an AQ course, there was one question that I endlessly fretted over: how to initiate a professional learning community (PLC).