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In our reading today of McNeil (166-170), he comments that defensive teachers in fields such as social studies rely on lists to convey information instead of attempting to interrelate the information. He then identifies the example of the labor-union movement in America. He claims that most teachers would identify major ideas, tools, and people and [...]
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As I was reading my bloglines this morning, I came across this article from CNN.com. This article, entitled “Top schools preserve social rifts,” deals with the top private schools in England, and how the affect the country.
A very large section of the ruling elite, including Prime Ministers, Lawyers, Princes, have gone to schools such as [...]
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This past week, I was given a choice between tutoring two sets of students. One pair asked to work with me. The other pair I was asked to work with. I chose to work with this second pair, despite their lack of apparent lack of motivation, due to their need for supervision with the material.
While [...]
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Colorado Teacher, Jay Bennish, has been put on a paid leave after a lecture in February that compared Bush’s State of the Union address to any number of Hitler’s speeches. Fox News has two articles, here and here. Washington Post also has an article on Bennish’s reply to these charges.
To me, this is more than [...]
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Today, I went to help tutor during 5th hour in Mrs. Smith’s 8th grade Algebra class. Mrs. Smith put me with two female students, Erin* and J*, and our assignment was on finding slope. During our time together, the two girls, who were apparently friends, got out of hand. To calm them down, and redirect [...]
