tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061937129717868472011-11-27T19:08:20.611-06:00Exploring the world of education.Jerrid Krusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04195634850530143328noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706193712971786847.post-14455670347547123842010-06-18T12:48:00.002-05:002010-06-18T12:50:26.362-05:00

I hope that any of you that subscribe to or follow this blog have found your way over to the new site at http://educatech.wordpress.com I like the wordpress look better and have been blogging over there for quite some time. I hope you'll join me there!Jerrid

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We have all heard about the "silent curriculum". The curriculum we want to teach, but for which standards do not exist. This curriculum usually revolves around respect, responsibility, caring and character development. I want to take a few minutes and reflect on what else is oftentimes taught implicitly by many teachers (including yours truly, although I am working on it). Let me be clear,

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Reading is an important skill. Yet, many students tend to read only to "get done". Oftentimes, we require the students to take notes when reading, but just writing down what the reading says is not the same as really thinking about what the reading is saying. Today, my classes discussed and practiced how we can get ourselves to think more critically about our reading. Forcing ourselves to think

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Objectivity as an ideal when assessing students must die. I do not mean we should abandon our goal to accurately asses what our students know, but we must admit that we can NOT be objective. Some believe that having tests with "right" answers leads to greater objectivity. Unfortunately, the very fact that someone made the decision to include THOSE questions makes the test creation a biased act

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I was reading a book by one of my favorite authors, Rob Bell. His most recent work, "Drops like Stars", takes on the role suffering plays in creativity. Bell notes that our most creative moments are when our traditional options are no longer viable. When we have no other way out, we are forced to invent new ways out. A part of this book talks about how creativity is often called "thinking

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I remember when I was student teaching I worked hard to learn the names of the students with whom I was working. Early in the semester (before I had taken over the classes) I called several students by name during some lab work and they were shocked. They commented that their teacher didn't even know their names (and this was second semester!). From watching that teacher's interactions with

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This is taken from an email I wrote to a friend of mine:I am very nervous about what will happen to education in the future. Online schools are cheaper and allow students to progress at their own pace, but they do not build relationships, improve social skills, or react flexibly/instantaneously/creatively to student struggles. Furthermore, the fact that online courses are so popular is an

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Teacher behavior and patterns play a crucial role in the attitude students have, and what kind of environment exists in the classroom. Teachers need to provide a safe, stimulating, accepting environment; have high expectations of self and students; be a model of active inquiry; get students to question; get students to apply knowledge; view the world as a classroom; be flexible; put in extra

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As we plan for the upcoming school year, considering our goals is an important first step. So what is it that we want students to gain from a k-12 science education? What are the goals we should constantly work to promote in students?Considering that rote memorization of scientific ideas leads to little understanding, I have identified ten goals for students that focus on life learning skills,

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