#Teaching

There is some discussion in my local toxic Facebook group for parents of autistics today. A local teacher made a public post bragging that she denies her class fidgets and
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Much as predicted, A-level results day is a mess. I don't know who needs to hear this, but if it's you: your value is not determined by the grades you
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Some thoughts from thirty-five years of teaching 18-22 year olds and meeting students as I give lectures around the country.1) Young people are more capable than we think. We tend
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I attended a workshop on how to plan my now-to-be-fully-online spring course. Here's a text someone recommended. It has dance imagery. I can't leave that without comment, can I? IOW,
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I've seen some lists going around of "what I achieved in the past decade" - so, let's discuss achievements that aren't necessarily connected with material success or with achieving set
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If I were to set up a podcast or other medium focused on a) the structural problems in the academy (not just limited to the economic side), b) socialist organizing,
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In line with a discussion earlier this week about how cradle Catholics know fuck all about our faith, I’d like to engage in a parental whine about Catholic teaching of
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No NGO in this country or state will look at these issues:- Government schools in TN where the quality of education has dropped to such appalling levels- Govt Engineering colleges
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For all those people who want to teacher bash I would like you to understand what my “holidays” has looked like. Preparing online lessons for 5 different classes taking anywhere
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Which jobs are at risk?Both white - and blue-collar jobs are at risk. The more predictable and repetitive the activities that make up the task, the more likely it is
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UN mau diganti pakai PISA (yang sudah dimodifikasi)... I wonder how this will go https://amp.kompas.com/nasional/read/2020/04/03/14501301/mendikbud-nadiem-un-diganti-jadi-penilaian-kompetensi-minimum-sesuai-pisa I check'd PISA questions (bc I hav
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1/ "Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?" Paul is not talking about justification but what is subsequent to
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Level 3 achieved. But more importantly Level 3 is what #NGSS is about. And this shift is hard for teachers and students.https://twitter.com/WIREDScience/status/1198937378892718080 Teachers who have been in the classroom more
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Recent shows are teaching audiences more Black History than some of us received in our entire academic lives. God forbid you truly understand "you are not your ancestors". EYE started
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Thinking about the massive amount of books I had growing up. At school book fairs, I would make piles of books, and my mom would swing by when she was
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It's not you need National Canadian Film Day as an excuse to watch great films, but there's some choice selections for free on #CBCGEM: Werewolf - brutal, amazingThe Trotsky -
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