March 6, 2018

Worthwhile Articles About Teaching.



I've spent some time recently cleaning out my bookmarks. I was saving so much. Much has already been shared and a lot is just useful information (like the plug adapter for our cell phone booster should I need to reorder one in case our current one gets struck by lightning for a fourth time).

I save a lot of articles about teaching. Here are the ones worth a share or a repeated share.

Why so many teachers leave-and how to get them to stay

When Finnish teachers work in America's public schools

Telling another teacher how to teach? It's a sin, says leading academic
(The best part of this ^ is that my district relies on Hattie's philosophies, yet they've ignored his viewpoints.)

How we pronounce students' names and why it matters. One of my biggest pet peeves (because while I don't have a hard to pronounce name, it always makes strangers stumble). I've found myself often apologizing to kids and parents if names were mispronounced at assemblies, over the intercom, etc.

Positive reinforcement doesn't work in the long run


The upshot of this is that we're giving kids something for nothing and we don't expect enough in return. I'm all about incentives, but training them to expect things, no matter their own actions, isn't going to help them.

So here's me, keeping to my 2018 goals, and posting more about teaching. 

4 comments:

  1. These are great! Positive reinforcement only goes so far. I can't even tell you the amount of times parents have used the word "Traumatized" for things that are absolutely ridiculous. If your child is traumatized by something this simple you are in for a long hard road.

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  2. As someone who has a kid who frequently sits out at recess or other activities (for talking, rolling around, being wild...), I don't get upset about that. The consequences for behavior are clearly outlined. She still does stuff, still gets punished, though!

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