by edtosavetheworld | Apr 3, 2013 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
I always understood that my relationships with students would reduce the number of discipline problems, increase motivation and ultimately learning. But — WOW — I wish I had known more about the importance of student-to-student relationships when I first...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 2, 2013 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
If you’re like me, sometime during your first year teaching someone told you, “The trick is…don’t smile until Christmas.” For some people that advice might have been easy to take, but as a person whose default facial expression is a smile, I was crestfallen. I kept...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 1, 2013 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
How similar is education to bobsledding? Okay so the answer is probably not very similar. Here’s the next question: Should it be? We would argue – YES! So would Eric Jensen, a leader in the brain-based learning movement. In his book Teaching with Poverty in Mind,...
