Character Is Everything: What Is Truthfulness?
For some reason people in society believe that there is nothing wrong with lying or bending the truth. People can usually find a way to justify their actions by saying, “Oh, that was just a little white lie,” and they really do believe that there is nothing wrong with lying. What is truthfulness and why is it so important? The definition of the word truthfulness is earning future trust by accurately reporting past facts. People who are truthful earn trust and are viewed by others as being honest. People’s reputations are based upon their ability to tell the truth, and people’s lives can be ruined if they are viewed as liars.
Ask The Principal - Terminating a Tenured Teacher
Get Your Bullying Report Online Right Now !
I teach graduate courses on weekends for the Regional Training Center, a company that is located in North Jersey. I teach courses in Cooperative Discipline, Brain Based Teaching, Multiple Intelligences, and Inclusion Strategies. This weekend I was teaching Cooperative Discipline and had a large group of eager students who were very interested in improving their behavior management skills. I asked each student to write down one question that they would like to “Ask the Principal.” Each student shared a question regarding just about anything in education today. For the next few weeks I will be sharing these questions and I will be providing an answer.
Good Grades are Nice - But Mastery is Better
When I was growing up, there was nothing better than bringing home a report card that had good grades on it. Oh, I wasn’t a straight A student, but I got my share of A’s and B’s. I also got my share of C’s and D’s. I guess I was what you call an average student. My parents always checked my report card and questioned any low grades and encouraged me to do better when they felt that I wasn’t working up to my abilities. Today good grades are still the benchmark we use to determine if a student is going to be promoted or retained. The higher achieving students who are in high school usually strive for good grades in rigorous courses, because they know that their class ranking among other things will determine the type of college that they will be admitted to. Good grades are something that everyone wants, and for some reason,they’re just about what everyone gets. The two questions that I have are these: does everyone who gets a good grade deserve it, and is that grade a good indicator of the person’s ability?
The Medicalizing of Education - Medicine and Education in Schools
I don’t think that there is anyone in society today that doesn’t take medication for something - high blood pressure, diabetes, prostate problems, thyroid dysfunction, ulcers, or depression just to name a few. For sure, medication is something that is needed by many just to stay alive.
Seminar
BRAIN-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING
PROACTIVE EDUCATIONAL CONCEPTS
(Grades K-12)
DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, CHILD STUDY TEAM MEMBERS, OR ANY YOUTH CARE PROVIDER
In-Service Description
Participants will be introduced to current brain research in neuro and cognitive science concerning teaching and learning, and will learn strategies and techniques for translating that research into effective classroom practices. We begin with the current research on how the brain processes information, and include the functions of the senses, working memory, long-term memory, storage, retrieval, and the development of the self-concept. The processing model becomes the basis for decisions that teachers must subsequently make to increase the probability that the classroom strategies and techniques they use are more likely to result in successful learning.
Participants will discover the best time in a lesson to present new material, and will learn ways to improve the processing and retention of learning through chunking and rehearsal techniques. They will learn about the power and impact of past experience in the teaching/learning process, the myths and science of lateral specialization, how to develop higher-order thinking skills, and the beneficial effects of arts (music movement and visual arts) instruction on developing the learner’s neural networking. This in-service will update the participants’ knowledge of how the brain learns, and debunk some of the common and persistent myths about learners and learning.
