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Play, passion, purpose: Tony Wagner at TEDxNYED

Αυτό πρέπει να κάνει το σχολείο μας· μόνον αυτό! Αλλιώς χαθήκαμε.

Students design their own high school - Boing Boing

The Future of Learning

Δεν μαθαίνουν τίποτα;

Γιατί τα παιδιά στο σχολείο δε μαθαίνουν τίποτα;
Aυτή πάντως φαίνεται, λίγο-πολύ, να είναι η γενική διαπίστωση.
Και τόσος κόπος, τόσων ανθρώπων, τόσες ώρες, τόσους μήνες, τόσα χρόνια;

Να μια συζήτηση, de profundis, που αξίζει να γίνει (χωρίς, βέβαια, ποτέ να είναι δεδομένο ότι θα γίνει· πόσο μάλλον αυτονόητο)!

Για να ξεκινήσω από κάπου, εγώ διάβασα αυτό:

Teaching for Deep Understanding: What Every Educator Should Know - Google Books

The good teacher

A group of 7-8 year olds said:

The good teacher 

• is very clever
• doesn't shout
• helps you every day
• is not bossy
• has faith in you
• is patient
• is good at work
• tells you clearly what to do
• helps you with mistakes
• marks your work
• helps you to read
• helps you with spelling
• has got courage

A group of 13-14 year olds said: 

A good teacher

• is kind 
• is generous
• listens to you
• encourages you
• has faith in you
• keeps confidences
• likes teaching children
• likes teaching their subject
• helps you like their subject
• takes time to explain things
• helps you when you're stuck
• tells you how you are doing
• allows you to have your say
• makes sure you understand
• helps people who are slow
• doesn't give up on you 
• cares for your opinion
• makes you feel clever
• treats people equally
• stands up for you
• makes allowances
• tells the truth
• is forgiving

MacBeath, John (1999), Schools must speak for themselves – The case for school self-evaluation, London:RoutledgeFalmer, :60-61.

List of What Makes a Good Teacher - created by students

March 19, 2012 By: David Andrade 
(Source: http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4009)

This "what makes a good teacher" was created by a group of high school students.

• treat students with respect
• be enthusiastic
• know your stuff
• be available for extra help
• use multimedia resources and multiple resources for students
• connect with students/ form relationships
• interact with students- outside school activities, talk about their personal lives
• real life connections to materials/class
• just talk to students and get to know them in first few days
• if using PowerPoint, use less words and have slides available for download
• don't lecture for whole class, mix things up
• use games for review
• let students use a note card for test or some kind of reference
• realistic homework - if you assign too much, students won't do it, or won't be able to
• science classes - problems and projects and labs
• give students multiple days to complete homework - allows for issues in schedule, sports, etc.
• don't give all class rules at once - overwhelms students - just touch on main points
• use web resources - class site or blog, and review materials students can access at home
• let students do work on board and explain how to do it instead of teacher always doing it
• projects - one big one per marking period with some class time for them
• let students pick project groups - easier for meeting outside of school
• be flexible - reschedule test if lots of tests on same day or other things going on