The written word is very important. Inclusion today not only involves inclusive language, removing gender stereotypes, but also readability and legibility of material whether presented such that everyone can easily read the language of instruction .
Category: Teaching
Teaching archive has all articles related to teaching techniques, strategies and books as well as interviews with teachers. I have learned many things from the research I conducted for these articles and I am happy to share them with you. I highly encourage you to check out the article on Differentiated Instruction and Universal Design for Learning. I add articles under this category almost every week so this is a growing collection.
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Scaffolding is a process that allows the students to work in a contextualized setting and solve problems while focusing on building the associated skill, withe the teacher providing necessary support. This articles presents the theory with examples.
Differentiated instruction allows a teacher to think about a student in terms of their readiness (skill level) in the topic, learning style (how they prefer to learn – by writing or watching for example) and interests (are there ways to connect a student’s interest to the curriculum?).
Learning from experiences of one Math teacher and passing it on to others… In this article, I reflect on what I have learned in my Math curriculum class, from the book Math Mindsets by Jo Boaler, math teachers and my own math mentoring experiences.
Inquiry-based learning is achieved by posing questions to the students rather than giving them the facts right away. In this article, I elaborate on the KLEWS strategy, showing students the steps in researching a problem, finding relationships on their own and able to explain why and how.
Thoughts from Empower, the book: empowering my students and to help them own their learning; to be a guide to them; to still follow the curriculum but give them the power to learn it in their own unique way and to prepare them for challenges that we have not thought of so far.
Reflections of a first year preservice teacher: all that I have learned from my first term education courses and how they have changed me.
How to get the students away from the computers and into the present, to build a connection with them? I used the Sticky system to solve this problem.
Through A Teacher’s Hat, I learn from the teaching community in every interaction and hope that the articles here provide actionable ideas to teachers.