I read-or rather listened to- a blog on Cool Cat Teacher that discussed educating educators. I found this interesting considering I am currently in that position. There was a link to a sound clip of Vicki talking to a man named Jim Ryan, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They began with discussing the importance of education. He noted that many sociatal problems stem from educational opportunity. He also said that effective teachers not only know their subject matter very well, but know each individual student well and are able to reach the top, middle and bottom of the class. "Students tend to learn best when they are able to engage with the material," he said. That was probably my favorite quote from the clip. I agree that students need to be able to be a part of the lesson, not just listeners to a long lecture.
You can Listen to this blog here.
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