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We Set Expectations For Students. What Expectations Do They Have Of Us?

“Teachers often overlook (or forget) that students also have a list of what behaviors, knowledge, and skills they expect of their teachers. And just like teacher expectations, student expectations matter… Beginning in kindergarten (or preschool), over the years students develop views of what a “good” teacher (and teaching) are. That is where all of the […]

“A College Professor Teaches High School Classes” (In 1960)

“High school teachers pay far more attention to their students as developing human beings than we do in the universities. One teacher after another has been able to supply me with details about a student’s personal problems and family background which have been most helpful. The counselors, principal, and vice principal, at least at Allderdice, […]

What Did Teaching Social Studies Look Like 70 Years Ago?

“At no time in those years, however, did I ask myself whether these technologies were productive, (i.e., did they get students to learn better?) or efficient  (i.e., did I teach more and faster?). They were available and I wanted to get away from the daily grind of lecturing and managing large-group discussions. I used them […]

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Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.

Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.

Peter Nilsson

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