8 Characteristics Of A Great Teacher

Mamma Andersson (Swedish, b. 1962), Moonlighting, 2007

by Ian Lancaster

6.7.2016

What makes a teacher strong?

What differentiates the best from the rest? There’s no shortage of bodies (some dramatically misguided) attempting to solve this riddle.  The answers are nebulous at best. Below is a list of traits, some of which may be familiar but many of which will never show up on any sort of performance review.  Check them out and see what you think.

Paradigm, Journal of the Textbook Colloquium

Decorative Still Life with Flowers and Fruit and a Vase, 19th Century

Where any, and every, aspect of textbooks is, or are, investigated

The Textbook Colloquium  The Textbook Colloquium exists to promote the interdisciplinary study of textbooks of all kinds.

The Colloquium’s journal PARADIGM appeared twice a year and carries articles, notes, and reviews. Volume 1 closed in 1999 with nearly 30 numbers; volume 2 began in 2000 and is now complete with eight issues. Volume 3 will open in the first half of 2005 and closed with Number 3 in 2007. Volume 3, Number 3 marks, sadly, the final issue of PARADIGM.

The Evolution of Classroom Technology

The Reading Girl (1896). A. C. W. Duncan

Posted by Nicholas Fragkias on Κυριακή, 5 Οκτωβρίου, 2014

Classrooms have come a long way. There’s been an exponential growth in educational technology advancement over the past few years. From overhead projectors to iPads, it’s important to understand not only what’s coming next but also where it all started.

Europeana for Education and Learning

~Albert Marquet~    Le Port de la Goulette   (1928)

 

Provide ‘Fit for Education and Learning’ content to Europeana say new recommendations

Policymakers from EU education and culture ministries led by Europeana have released a new set of recommendations to encourage better use of digital cultural heritage content in education and learning, supporting Europe’s Digital Agenda commitment to ‘Open Up’ education through the opportunities afforded by the digital revolution.

Paradigm, Journal of the Textbook Colloquium

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Paradigm, Journal of the Textbook Colloquium

Paradigm

Journal of the Textbook Colloquium

Where any, and every, aspect of textbooks is, or are, investigated

The Textbook Colloquium The Textbook Colloquium exists to promote the interdisciplinary study of textbooks of all kinds.

Why Do Americans Stink at Math?

 

CreditPhoto illustration by Andrew B. Myers. Prop stylIst: Randi Brookman Harris. Calculator icons by Tim Boelaars.

 

By ELIZABETH GREEN JULY 23, 2014, The New York Times

 

When Akihiko Takahashi was a junior in college in 1978, he was like most of the other students at his university in suburban Tokyo. He had a vague sense of wanting to accomplish something but no clue what that something should be. But that spring he met a man who would become his mentor, and this relationship set the course of his entire career.

Art School Creates a New Reality

 

Kevin Yu in his studio at the New York Academy of Art in TriBeCa. CreditJoshua Bright for The New York Times

 

New York Academy of Art Recovers From a Bad Reputation

 

By RANDY KENNEDY, The New York Times, MAY 21, 2014

The 8 Types of Learning Events You Need to Have on Your eLearning Course

 

 

A good eLearning course requires the right combination of learning events. But what are these exactly? A learning event is a simplified description of the student’s learning activity. There’s an infinite number of learning strategies, but only eight learning events. It isn’t necessary to use all the events in the creation of your course. Just get acquainted with each of them to make sure you use the right combination to make your course effective.

Ban the teaching of creationism in science lessons, says Alice Roberts / Defying Darwin

Ban the teaching of creationism in science lessons, says Alice Roberts

Alice Roberts, who has presented TV programmes including The Incredible Human journey and Origins of Us, is taking a stand against creationism. Photograph: PR

TV presenter says private schools should not be allowed to teach creationism alongside evolution

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Secret Teacher in 2013: our top 10 posts

 

Bad Education: Secret Teacher’s rant about schools on TV made our top 10 of 2013. Photograph: BBC

Ofsted, stress and classroom ninjas, it’s been a busy and successful year for our popular Secret Teacher series. Did your favourite make the list?

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Kerry Eustice, Tuesday 31 December 2013 Guardian Professional

Building a Better Tech School

Viktor Koen

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, The New York Times, April 12, 2013

 

IF all the hopes and hype are warranted, a nondescript third-floor loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan offers a glimpse of the future, for New York City and for Cornell University. In truth, it doesn’t look like much — just cubicles and meeting rooms in space donated by Google. But looks deceive; here, with little fanfare, Cornell’s new graduate school of applied sciences is being rolled out.

Why Do I Teach?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhine Landscape, Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis (Dutch artist, 1803-1862) Æ, [1837]

 

By GARY GUTTING, The New York Times

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