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What Does It Mean to be a Great Teacher? Ten Ideas from Education Rethink

What Does It Mean to be a Great Teacher?  Ten Ideas from Education Rethink | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Have you asked yourself the question "What does it mean to be a great teacher?" Here are ten ideas from a teacher three days into teaching 6th grade this year, reflecting on his first 3 days and his previous years in teaching he asked himself this question, and came up with a list which he has shared. Read through the post and consider responding with your thoughts. What would you add to the list?

And to give you a taste, here are a couple of his thoughts (but read on for his explanations):

1. A love of students

2. A love of good content

3. Solid pedagogy

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On Intrinsically Motivating Students

On Intrinsically Motivating Students | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"...Why is intrinsically motivating students in this way so important? Because no matter how much content we force-feed kids during a school day, it’s what the kids choose to do outside the classroom that will either close—or widen—the achievement gap between classmates in a positive or negative way..."

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Educational Origami - Failure. Too be avoided?

Educational Origami - Failure. Too be avoided? | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"Failure is such an uncomfortable topic in education. We are very failure adverse and consequently risk adverse. It is often seen as unacceptable for students to fail and this avoidance of failure is not mirrored in the real world beyond the safe environments of the school.

I believe that we must use failure or getting stuff wrong as a tool for learning, that we must accept it as a part of the learning process, that we must use it to progress and develop. We should and must strive to succeed, but we need to allow opportunities for students to learn from their mistakes and in fact to provide opportunities for them to make mistakes."

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Succeeding With Reverse Instruction – One Instructor’s Inspired Approach | Emerging Education Technology

Succeeding With Reverse Instruction – One Instructor’s Inspired Approach | Emerging Education Technology | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
The CoreDogs approach to Flipping the Classroom.
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