Portfolio Part 5
We Must Have Even Higher Expectations For Teachers
Setting high standards for student learning is important, but if we are to attain true excellence in our schools, we must have even higher expectations for teachers. Traditional preparation and …
Service-learning Provides The Environment In Which Students Will Apply Ideas From The Class Or The Readings
Service-learning, the newest name for a teaching strategy that has …
The Search For An Educational Holy Grail
What is good teaching? Who is a good teacher? The search for the answers to these questions has become for teacher education a search for an educational Holy Grail. While appearing to be …
Effective Teachers Plan Discussions As Thoroughly As They Plan Their Lectures
The teacher-led discussion is used in college classrooms to help students develop a deeper understanding of course material and …
Specific Student Outcomes Should Drive The Design Of Instruction
Through a liberal education students acquire frames of reference and the ability to analyze and reflect that influence how they view …
Defining Goals And Objectives Is Indispensable To Course Planning
Many college teachers use a simple, content-centered planning model. By contrast, the planning model presented in this section …
Testing Is Only Part Of The Evaluation Of Learning
Every time you ask a question in class, monitor a student discussion, or read a term paper, you are evaluating learning. Moreover, the evaluation process (whether it involves examinatio …
The Appropriate Use Of The Lecture And Alternative Teaching Methods
The selection of teaching methods and strategies must be based, to some extent, on your own teaching preferences and unique style …
Quotes On Academia To Start A Class Discussion
Greetings! If read in sequence the following quotes are generally arranged to be a conversation across the ages on a topic. Use for your syllabi, your exams, to start a class discussion, or to enliven …
Making Money-wise College Decisions
A college education increases your child’s ability to think critically, advance in a career, contribute to the community and better understand the world. No wonder choosing the right college is su …
A College Education Has Become An Essential Part Of The American Dream
A college education has become an essential part of the American Dream for millions of families. Indeed, extensive polling and focu …
Site-based Management Creates Opportunities — Part 1
Site-based management can be defined as the formal alteration of school governance arrangements. Site-based management is a form of decentralization. Site-based management has three distinctive …
High Schools Have Increasingly Become College Preparatory Institutions
The American high school has been a remarkably resilient institution, maintaining its basic structure even as its mission and …
The Importance of Higher Education Issues in America
Survey respondents were asked to rate the importance of 31 higher education issues, using a five-point scale of ‘1’ equaling “not important” to ‘5’ equaling “very important.” Respondents were …
Teacher Quality Is Defined By Reforms Fostered In Teacher Licensure And Certification
There is a growing consensus among many states that standards for accreditation of teacher preparation programs, initial licensing fo …
Learning And Teaching Are Social In Nature And Begins In Infancy
Assumptions/Givens About Human Nature: – Human beings are innately curious with a desire to know the environment in which …