As I ready myself for work as part of the essential services that maintain the community, I can’t help but think on one hand how meaningful my job is that it’s a critical service for people both immediately and their futures and the future of the country. On the other hand, we get a lot […]
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How To Talk To Kids About Covid19
In Uncertain Times, Children Look For Certainty: How To Talk To Kids About Covid19 I caught my mind wandering at work, lamenting how surreal the entire situation we find ourselves in with a pandemic knocking on our door. It feels like a movie plot. I genuinely never in my wildest dreams thought I’d be alive […]
A Case For Experiential Learning
Experiential teaching transforms the role of the teacher to a facilitator, rather than directing the student’s progress. It’s a semi-structured approach, requiring students to cooperate and learn from one another through direct experiences tied to real-world problems.
Teaching is a calling, but it’s also a job
Teaching is a calling, but it’s also a job The idea of a teacher likely brings up a range of emotional reactions. You may have loved a teacher who brought a subject to life for you. Or, perhaps, there was a tyrant of a teacher who killed your passion for learning. You’ll probably think of […]
Auschwitz 75th Anniversary of Liberation – Holocaust Education
Auschwitz 75th Anniversary of Liberation – Holocaust Education Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago on 27th January 1945. The scenes awaiting the Russian liberating red army forces disgusted them horrendously. These were forces who had battled on the fiercest battlefields. And even for them, the scenes beyond the gate horrified. Some of the liberators were […]
Daring Greatly With Feedback
Study Hack: Daring Greatly With Feedback You hand in an essay and eagerly await the mark…and you might cast a passing eye over the written comments. But you can’t wait to see that mark. It was your best work, so you are expecting an A Range mark but closer to full marks. When the essay […]