𤢠stay classy, Australia, stay classy. Though not convinced something like this (perhaps less cheerily styled) isnât also used across UKHE. For our âcasualsâ (because Colin all but destroyed Teaching Fellows who arenât also PhD studentsâŚ) qmucu.org/wp-content/u...
Some people didn't grow up knowing the excitement of the last Friday before Halloween when the classroom smelled of wax crayons, brown paper bags and excited little people and the fun of being allowed to used blunt scissors by themselves and it shows! Very good thread and Medium blog by Liam here:
I repost this each October in the hope that the complexity of Halloween's origins and customs are more widely appreciated. Claims of a simple historical & mononational genealogy for this celebration are themselves examples of contemporary folklore/mythmaking. limerick1914.medium.com/customs-vary...
Customs, Myths and Messiness
When I was younger, I used to be afraid of getting abducted by aliens (no thanks to that book in my elementary school classroom with the alien looking at you). Looking back, I realize: "What extraterrestrial would want to go to the Bronx of all places?"
King James version? Leather binding? Walters seeks 55,000 classroom Bibles with founding documents only available in Trump-endorsed versions. | Jennifer Palmer reports
King James version? Leather binding? Walters seeks 55,000 classroom Bibles with founding documents only available in Trump-endorsed versions.
we don't need no education, we don't need no thought control, no dark sarcasm in the classroom, theacher leave them kids alone
Teacher: - What is the function of the duodenum? A shout from the back of the classroom: - PHOTOSYNTHESIS!
Missing context, commenter is misremembering that moment in his Intro to Film class where the prof actually said, "You know, you're right. You clearly know all there is to know about film and have no need to be here. You are free to leave my classroom." 1/
"Horowitch doesn't acknowledge that culturally we don't value reading. We ban books, scrutinize classroom libraries, demonize librarians & demoralize teachers. We pay lip service to importance of literacy but donât make space for the curiosity & joy that are foundations of lifelong literacy habits."
If you have read or shared The Atlantic article on college reading, I beg you to read this piece by a high school teacher interviewed for the piece.
Early this summer I was interviewed by Rose Horowitch, an editor for The Atlantic. She told me that she had heard from a university professor that incoming students were struggling to keep up with the...
Covering the rationale for metacognition, basic theory, the importance in getting questioning correct, why discussion is so important, and 6 different strategies (with examples), the session aimed to provide plenty of food for thought when back in the classroom! Feedback so far has been great!
eu queria mt q os professores parassem de odiar o classroom como se fosse um substituidor maligno das aulas presenciais⌠ele eh tĂŁo bom pra organizar os textos e o cronograma das materiasâŚ