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Find Your Own Philosophy
Your Philosophy of Education in Remote Learning

Your Philosophy of Education in Remote Learning

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Note:  This post may contain affiliate links.  Please see my Disclosure Policy for more information. New teachers looking for their first teaching position spend countless hours considering their philosophy of education.  This is a question that almost always comes up during job interviews. Why this matters: At this moment in history, we are all feeling what it is like to be new teachers.  We are coming to terms with our core beliefs about what education is and how we can make…

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Questioning Strategies
Questioning Strategies That Enhance Learning

Questioning Strategies That Enhance Learning

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Great questions are central to a great lesson.  I sometimes begin a lesson by asking students a really interesting question to get them thinking.  Teachers also use questioning to figure out when students understand what they are learning, especially during guided instruction when kids are trying out something new with the teacher there to help.  This is an important part of the “I do, we do, you do” model.  During the “we do” part, a student’s responses let the teacher…

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Gradual release model
The Gradual Release Model: I Do, We Do, You Do

The Gradual Release Model: I Do, We Do, You Do

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Mastery Teaching The gradual release model has been around in some form for a very long time.  When I first started teaching, we planned based on the Madeline’s Hunter’s method of effective instruction, known as mastery teaching. If I were going to pick a single book to give as a gift to a new teacher, it would be this book.  I still have my really ancient yellow copy from 1982, and it is still relevant today.  Teachers who structure a…

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Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy for Parents

Bloom’s Taxonomy for Parents

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Bloom’s taxonomy has been a part of teacher education for many generations of teachers.  Benjamin Bloom and a group of colleagues first developed the taxonomy in 1956 to describe a hierarchy of educational goals.  The broad base at the bottom of the diagram above represents lower-level thinking.  As you go up the pyramid, the level of thinking increases in complexity and depth. Understanding the different levels can be a help to parents as they work on activities with kids. The…

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