Pedagogy

Stop talking about classrooms that don’t work

This morning I read a thoughtful post about what ADD may or may not be. Despite the timeliness and depth of thought present in the article, I was stricken by one paragraph about the perils of classrooms on our children. How our young children today, so rife with creative potential, are doomed to a future Stop talking about classrooms that don’t work

How to get them to speak the language they are learning?

(cross-posted at Enseigner, c’est agir – en français) How do you get your students to speak French (or whatever the 2nd language is that they are learning) in class? I am not interested in offering rewards. I don’t want to raise a group of trained seals who will do anything for a candy. click image How to get them to speak the language they are learning?

Changing how we evaluate…utopic?

I was asked to think about this statement and how it can be considered an assumption: The notion of systemic change in how we evaluate is utopic since it goes against parent expectations and societal values. If this were true then women would never have gotten the vote and black people would still be riding Changing how we evaluate…utopic?

What do you think when you think évaluation?

Here are my explanations. Translated into English below. Continuel – l’évaluation est un aspect de mon enseignement que je suis toujours en train de faire. Conversations – l’évaluation pour moi est comme une conversation entre moi et l’élève, ainsi que leurs parents. C’est une conversation qui permet l’amélioration continuel. Rubriques – On parle beaucoup de What do you think when you think évaluation?

Another big question re: learning styles

This question is an add-on to my last post: I no longer believe in learning styles. You? It might be a good idea to read that to put this in some kind of context :) ——— If we cater to individual preference in terms of how to receive input aka match our teaching style to Another big question re: learning styles