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A solution only
makes sense onceyou understandwhat the problemis.
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The more I travel, the more Im convinced that most
educators simply don't understand the true problem we face.The challenge is that, for the
first time in our history, we'reexpected to prepare all students to
have high skill levels.And, unfortunately, as it
operates today, our system cant or won't do that.
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Far too manystudents leave beforethey complete high
school.Even if they dograduate, many of them
graduate learningdisabled, learningdelayed, or learning
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many students
today areincreasinglydisengaged.
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Theres a hugeand growing issue of discon-nect between
what these studentslearn in school, whatsavailable for them
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In our attempts tofix things
in education,
we constantly focus on the symptoms,not the causes of problems.
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Smart Teachers Understand That Its About Them Not About Us
First, we need to understand that it's not about us,its about them [the students].Many teachers see them-
selves as the designated expert
whose role is to imparttheir knowledge to studentswho are seen as relatively emptyvessels. This is the oft-quoted notion of the teacher as the"sage on the stage."
That's the wrong metaphor.
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The best instructorssee themselves as "guides
on the side."They share what
they know, but they understandthat they are not the focus.
This doesnt mean that we as teachers dont
matter.What it does mean is that instead of asking,
'What am I going to do today?' we have to ask,
'What are my students going to do today?
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our job is to help studentsdiscover how smart they can
become.
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our job is to helpstudents discover how smartthey can become.
Our job is to help thembecome men and women whoare capable of thinkingoutside the lines - of doing
new and creative things, notsimply repeating what othergenerations have done before
them.
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thedifference between schoolskills and 21stCentury life skills - theskills they will constantlyadapt and apply forrest of life, we can only help themdevelop these skills by progressivelyempowering them to become independent
thinkers.
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When children enter kindergarten, they arecompletely dependent on the teacher to tell themwhat they need to do.
But if throughout their entireeducational experience, theprimary focus continues to
be on content andmemorization as being more
valuable than thinking for themselves,
as 17 and 18 year olds they are still operating in a
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Our job aseducators is to
make sure that, bythe time they
graduate, theydont need usanymore.
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Our job is the same job we have as parents - tohelp our children learn to
walk ... then walk awayfrom.
To help move them
from a culture of dependency to a culture of self-reliance, and to walk
on their own.
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Smart Teachers Study Their Students
It's not enough to know our material. We also need to know the
people were teaching.
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Smart Teachers Study Their Students
Research and experience tell us that one of the most critical factors in determining the successof students in school is that educators must have adeep understanding of their students talents,interests, prior experiences, and needs.
Otherwise, howcan we know for
certain what theyalready know andwhat they need to
learn?
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if we dontfirst know where weare, how can we
determine where weregoing?We have to know
where our students arestarting from before wecan help them reach
their destinations.
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Smart Teachers Study Their Students
It may sound obvious and trite, but asteachers we sometimes begin the journey andforget to first ask our students, Where are you?
Where are you starting from? This is a classic"ready- fire-aim" or "ready-aim- backfire" approach.
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If we want results, whatever those results mightbe - academic success, dealing with cultural diversity,dealing with issues of violence or substance abuse - thereare three things we need to know.
First where we are right now.Second, where we need to be, what itlooks like and how we are
going to measure success.
And third, what the gap is betweenwhere we are right nowand where we need to be.
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Students Take Risks When Teachers Create Safe Environments
Learning requires vulnerability.
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Students Take Risks When Teachers Create Safe Environments
Studentshave to re-examine whatthey think theyknow,
acknowledgewhat they don'tknow, and be
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Students Take Risks When Teachers Create Safe Environments
We have tohelp them becomecomfortable alearning environmentthat is emotionally,
intellectually, andpsychologicallysafe.
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Students Take Risks When Teachers Create Safe Environments
Students need toknow that they can trusttheir instructor, so of
course this means thatsarcasm andconfrontationalhumiliation in theclassroom have to beavoided at all costs.
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Students Take Risks When Teachers Create Safe Environments
A recent British study says that pupils do better if they are allowed to look away when answering a teacher'squestion. Stirling University psychologists found thatchildren who are allowed to avert their gaze whenconsidering their response are more likely to come upwith the correct answer.
When looking away, students answered 72% of questions correctly. But when children had not
been instructed or allowed to look away when thinking, they answered just 50% correctly.
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Smart Teachers Exude Passion As Well As Purpose
Research andexperience tells us that thedifference between a goodteacher and a great one isn'tabout subject expertise.
It comes down topassion and enthusiasm.
Passion for the material.Passion for teaching.Passion for learning.
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If the teacher doesnt or cant exude passion, theyll lose their
students. if the teacherhas passion, the studentswill most likely catch it.
But the passion hasto be genuine. It isn'tsomething you can
fake.
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Students Learn When Teachers Show Them How Much They Need to Learn
The need to learn never ends.
Educators needto promote the idea
that learning canhappen anytime,anywhere.
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Students Learn When Teachers Show Them How Much They Need to Learn
assessmentmust be
qualitative andformative not
just quantitativeandsummative.
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Smart Teachers Keep It Clear When They Cant Keep It Simple
One of thechief attributes of agreat teacher is theability to break down complex
ideas and makethem simple andunderstandable.
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Smart Teachers Keep It Clear When They Cant Keep It Simple
the essence of teaching andlearning is communication.
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The biggest issue thatteachers face is whether theirstudents understand them.
Whether a teacher is
talking about osmosis or theConstitution or trinomialequations, students must be
able to understand the who,what, when, where, why, andhow of concepts.
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