Early in my Master’s program, I remember one of the experienced teachers (a wise, wise man) say that one of the big difference between novice and experienced teachers is that novices think a lot about themselves in the classroom: how they are doing, what techniques they are using, etc, and experienced teachers think about the [...]
Archive for March 12th, 2008
Self-Centeredness
Posted in difficulties, planning, tagged experience, revision on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More thoughts on revision
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After writing the last post, I think that more of my sympathies for revision are explained. I get to teach all this stuff again next year. I will do it so much better. I’m trying hard, and doing a pretty good job (at least all the people who observe me seem to think it’s about [...]
A square peg in a round hole
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Being a first year teacher, and like all teachers, not having nearly enough time, I often scope out other teacher’s materials on-line to modify or use in my classroom. This sometimes leads to interesting results. Today, for instance, I have a great practice set for Lewis Dot structures, but it doesn’t match well with the [...]
