The short, and the long answer to this is no. Of course I framed the question using the phrase "the measure of teacher effectiveness." Why do I bring this topic up for discussion on this blog. In America there is a lot of talk about educational reform, especially...
Carl Rogers wrote a book many years ago entitled Freedom to Learn. One of the most significant chapters in his book was "My way of facilitating a class." I read this chapter many times, and it had a profound influence on the way that I facilitated my classes at...
Carl Rogers wrote a book many years ago entitled Freedom to Learn. One of the most significant chapters in his book was "My way of facilitating a class." I read this chapter many times, and it had a profound influence on the way that I facilitated my classes at...
In the last two posts, I've discussed the recent research that focuses on girls and science, and how teachers can make transformations in their practice to incorporate recent research. Making a transformation in ones teaching is challenging and indeed a creative...
In last post, which explored recent research on girls and science, I ended the entry with the notion that helping teachers transform their practice to incorporate new findings and theories about students, feminist perspectives and learning theory will determine the...
In this post I want to announce a new website entitled: Science Curriculum---A Global Perspective. In the last two posts I alluded to science teaching from a global perspective. In the first of these two posts, entitled Infusing Global Thinking into science...
