@michael_w_busch I'm a simple man, I see Le Guin mentioned, I boost
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As a teacher I sometimes feel like there is a mismatch between the amount of work I do and how that work is counted towards meeting my job requirements.@futurebird When I started taking teaching more seriously, I wrote a few pages in my notebook about all my favorite teachers and what they did right.
Be knowledgeable, make the flow of information painless, really love the subject. Ask questions, believe in the kids.
My favorite lecturer in grad school writes all his lectures by stitching together the best parts of 3 or 4 textbooks per class. You can't do that without a ton of prep.
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I teach both middle school "technology" (think shop class mixed with Computer Science) and I later teach the same students in geometry and calculus in high school.@futurebird I worked at a private international school doing a similar curriculum, but not long enough to get to see the younger kids come through to my calc/ physics classes.
Now I do IB, and I have lots of good to say about it when speaking about THE STUDENTS IT WORKS FOR
and not as much good to say for those it doesn't work for.
Obviously, school just isn't for making educated/ capable/ thinking/ empathetic individuals, and as educators we have to secretly do that part on the side.