Students know when their teachers are engaged. Students know when their teachers are passionate about what they are teaching. This passion–your passion–is a crucial ingredient in engaging students. Here’s what I’m wondering about today: What lesson do you love doing with your students? What lesson ignites your passion for teaching? Action: Take 5 minutes to leave a comment below. Describe […]
Month: February 2016
Tips for Imaginative Educators: #5 Laugh As You Learn
Breaking News Without suitable pedagogical intervention, more learners will suffer from a very serious condition called arteriosclerosis of the imagination. This often debilitating condition is marked by limited flexibility of thought, an undeveloped sense of wonder, and a reduced ability to envision the possible in all learning. The primary cause? Rigid and restrictive learning processes and environments that exclude students’ emotional […]
Tips for Imaginative Educators: #2 Find A Source of Dramatic Tension
Tools of Imagination Series #2 Find A Source Of Dramatic Tension In The Topic A good story often contains some kind of dramatic tension. We see freedom and oppression play out in Cinderella. We see the idea of known and unknown worlds play out in Jack and The Beanstalk. We see safety and danger play out in Hantzel […]