Archive for the ‘Honorable Character’ Category
Inspired teachers
Monday, March 29th, 2010
Who were your inspiring teachers?
The author of this editorial on the selection process used by D.C.’s Center for Inspired Teaching, kept recalling outstanding teachers: “as the candidates spoke and role-played, I saw in some of them meaningful flashes of the extraordinary people I’ve seen change lives in my years of covering schools, in my [...]
Can a well-managed classroom eliminate cheating?
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
I heard a story recently from a teacher, Ms. E, who uses Honorable Character in her classroom at a private, Christian school:
The day after a test, one of Ms. E’s students came up to her and confessed to cheating.
“I looked at someone’s else paper, and even though I knew their answer was wrong, and didn’t [...]
Lindsay Lohan in the classroom
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Since we recently discussed how strong and weak teachers can directly affect the students, it made me wonder what kind of teachers Lindsay Lohan had.
I found an article on Digg, originally published in LA Weekly, that discussed Lindsay’s recent complaints via Twitter about having to wait in line to get into an L.A. [...]
Strong or Weak?
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
A recent article in Newsweek explained that strong or weak teachers can significantly impact students—in a distinctly life-changing way.
The research shows that kids who have two, three, four strong teachers in a row will eventually excel, no matter what their background, while kids who have even two weak teachers in a row will never recover,” [...]
Classroom Management from 700 miles away
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
I am subbing for a French class today. It doesn’t matter that 1)I have no knowledge of French, except Bonjour! and 2)the French teacher is actually here.
I am able to sub only because I am facilitating while the French teacher instructs via Skype. Her family moved to Florida over the summer and was hard to [...]
If Improvement & Perfection got into a fistfight….
Monday, March 8th, 2010
I grew up assuming that Perfection was the standard who bowed to no one, least of all Improvement. What I mean is, if someone is doing better than their usual, does that merit the same reaction/reward as the student who is adhering to the standard you, the teacher, have set?
But I just talked with a [...]