From the moment we start talking, even if they are aware of nothing else, our students can sense our level of vitality. From my view on the front lines, I would say I’ve never seen it lower across the board among teachers. Faculty members are burned out, exhausted, and … Read More
Tag: Maryellen Weimer
“Listening and questioning are the basis for positive classroom interactions that can in turn shape meaningful collaboration, which can then build a culture of thinking.”
To increase learning in the classroom, don’t focus on curriculum or using new “tips and tricks” for instruction. Instead, Ron Ritchhart, a researcher at Harvard’s graduate school of education, writes that we should change the “culture” of our classrooms by making “thinking valued, visible, and actively promoted in all … Read More
“Let them discover.”
When I started teaching years ago, my job was to give information to students, and their job was to pay attention. I don’t see it this way anymore. Instead, I embrace an approach called learner-centered teaching. Maryellen Weimer, arguably the most respected leader of this movement, says in … Read More