How a Shoe Can Teach Responsibility How a Shoe Can Teach Responsibility By Marjan Glavac closeAuthor: Marjan Glavac Name: Marjan GlavacSite: Marjan is currently a gr.6 home room teacher at Wilfrid Jury Public School in London, Ontario, Canada where he resides with his wife and two children. For more information about Marjan Glavac, his books, keynotes, training and seminars, visit him at his site at Authors Posts (51) thebusyeducator.com A number of years ago a first year teacher asked me for some help. He told me that his students took all his pencils. They took all his glue bottles. And his class set of scissors. He was angry, frustrated and hurt. “These students have no sense of responsibility,” he told me. I agreed with him. I told him they needed to be taught how to be responsible. “And how do I do that?” “Ask for a shoe,” I said. “How does a shoe teach students responsibility?” She gave an example of asking for a shoe when a student borrowed something.
School Supply List: Mindsets Emphasizing Effort, Attitude, and Respect Steve Wilkinson (“Wilk”) has dedicated his life to teaching – and modeling – the art of focusing on what one can control (such as mindset) as opposed to what one cannot control (such as circumstances). While Wilk – professor, Hall of Fame tennis coach, author and friend – has chosen the venue of tennis to teach mindsets of effort, attitude and respect, his teachings apply in any circumstance. These principles, which my teammates and I were exposed to during college years, continue to profoundly impact my thinking as an educator and parent. As parents send kids back-to-school, and teachers welcome students into their classrooms, there is naturally a lot of emphasis on logistics – school supplies, devices, passwords, locker combinations, and schedules. Full effort: striving for excellence through daily discipline Positive attitude: choosing to be positive in every situation (half-full instead of half-empty) Effort. Attitude. Respect.
Innovating pedagogy If you want to get an idea about how education and learning are changing I can recommend that you read the Open University's report Innovating pedagogy 2014. It is their third annual report and is now becoming a much awaited publication on the latest pedagogical trends. This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. This third report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not yet had a profound influence on education. This year's report includes the following concepts, each described in detail with references to practice and theory.Massive open social learning. Many of these innovations rely on technology but the most important point is that the pedagogy is in the forefront and although technology is often, but not always, a prerequisite there is no specific mention of the tools or devices.
Mindset | How can you change from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset? Step1. Learn to hear your fixed mindset “voice.” As you approach a challenge, that voice might say to you “Are you sure you can do it? Maybe you don’t have the talent.” “What if you fail—you’ll be a failure” “People will laugh at you for thinking you had talent.” “If you don’t try, you can protect yourself and keep your dignity.” As you hit a setback, the voice might say, “This would have been a snap if you really had talent.” As you face criticism, you might hear yourself say, “It’s not my fault. Step 2. How you interpret challenges, setbacks, and criticism is your choice. So as you face challenges, setbacks, and criticism, listen to the fixed mindset voice and... Step 3. As you approach a challenge: THE FIXED-MINDSET says “Are you sure you can do it? THE GROWTH-MINDSET answers, “I’m not sure I can do it now, but I think I can learn to with time and effort.” FIXED MINDSET: “What if you fail—you’ll be a failure” GROWTH MINDSET: “Most successful people had failures along the way.” Then...
The 18 things that great principals do differently Education Being the head of a school is about leadership, obviously. And empowerment, that too. And vision – mustn’t forget that. And having a great team, that’s important. There’s plenty of attributes that go into being the successful rallying point of a school – it’s a complex job, managing wildly different sets of expectations from parents, administrators, teachers and pupils (and not necessarily in that order), with (usually) very limited resources and (often) a tricky and ever-changing regulatory environment. Fortunately, Eye on Education know the 18 most important characteristics that make a principal great.
Hur arbetar jag formativt med teknik och sociala medier? Detta inlägg skriver jag för dig som vill veta mer hur just jag undervisar formativt, men också för att synliggöra och metareflektera för mig själv. Jag har ett par förfrågningar från lärare som vill göra klassrumsbesök hos mig men som det är nu har jag så mycket med att genomföra nationella prov och planera för undervisning emellan att jag inte hinner med att öppna dörren helt men i alla fall på glänt så här i en blogg. Jag skriver också för att synliggöra för mig själv vad jag gör och vad behöver jag utveckla i min undervisning. Att skriva är naturligt för mig som språklärare i svenska och engelska och ger mig perspektiv och det synliggör väldigt mycket. Bakgrund och formativt förhållningssätt Jag undervisar på högstadiet i tre nior och har således både svenska och engelska i tre klasser. Som ny lärare kunde jag ofta få förklara för mig varför jag inte hade prov och hur jag satte betyg när jag inte hade något konkret bedömningsunderlag att gå på. Att tydliggöra mål Vart är jag på väg?
Please Don't Touch Me! {Dealing with Anxiety in Kids} As the holidays approached and we were getting ready to visit family and friends, I was tempted to create a festive and sparkly sign to hang around my daughter's neck. As we visited a new-to-her preschool last week I wanted to do the same thing again. I wanted to create one that could be seen from the front and one that could be seen from the back. The sign I wanted to make would've said, "Please don't touch me," "I am really overwhelmed right now" or "I am really nice if you give me some time to warm up." Do you have a child who experiences a lot of emotions and anxiety like I do? Does spending time with family and friends and new people sometimes cause a lot of anxiety for you or your child? How do you prepare for so many unfamiliar situations, people, and routine changes? Here are a few things that I do to help alleviate my child's anxiety in new settings or in high stress one (lots of people)... 1. 2. 3. 4. I give hugs, hold her hand, and say supportive things. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
How to Solve the Teaching Crisis (Or at Least How to Start) | Katie Mgongolwa When I left my first teaching job, it took me a few years to realize why I felt a weight on my shoulders when I thought about the experience. I felt a reluctance that I couldn't name, a hesitancy to commit myself as a teacher again. I know all too well the massive commitment that teaching requires- to make a difference, to be competent and beyond competent, requires an emotional resolution, a devotion of time and resources and integrity. I took a summer job at a school that interested me. When the principal asked me later in the summer if I was interested in applying for a full-time position, I excitedly said yes. I am sure this applies to many, if not all, jobs, but in my experience it is a huge deal in the education field. It is relatively well known that 40-50 percent of new teachers tend to quit the profession within five years.
Småkryp och bloggande blev ingång till källkritik Barn och surfplatta. Foto: Maria Franzén Gredelby skola är en liten F-3-skola med tvåhundra elever mitt i centrala Knivsta, knappt två mil söder om Uppsala. Här arbetar Maria Franzén som klasslärare för en förstaklass som kallas Ettan Gul. Efter sommaren flyttar hon och klassen till Högåsskolan, en nybyggd F-6-skola som kommer att ha drygt dubbelt så många elever. - Jag är grundskollärare 1-7 i svenska och so-ämnen och har jobbat som lärare i mer än tio år, främst på lågstadiet. För tre år sedan gick jag Lärarlyftet i bild på Uppsala universitet. Allt samlas i bloggen Under läsåret 2014/15 har klassen byggt en blogg som ger en bild av vad eleverna lärt sig och arbetat med under sitt första år i grundskolan. - Bloggen är själva navet i undervisningen. Klassen ställde källkritiska frågor Grundskolans läroplan är tydlig med att källkritik ska vara en integrerad del i undervisningen redan i lågstadiet. Eleverna skapade faktafilm - Filmskapandet är själva nyckeln till det här arbetssättet.