The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: John Dewey

  • A final look at essential Bird Pedagogy for the moment

    Bird Droppings August 26, 2011 A final look at essential Bird Pedagogy for the moment “If a university can’t have two out of five of their student-athletes graduate, I don’t know why they’re rewarded with post-season play” Arne Duncan Over the past few days I have been looking at how I see teaching and instruction…

  • Essential Education

    Bird Droppings August 25, 2011 Essential Education Last night I was helping my son in his education studies going through various philosophies of education one happened to be essential education which is only a slight step from perennial education which is reading writing and arithmetic period no art or muisic what so ever. As I…

  • A continued look at Learning

    Bird Droppings August 24, 2011 A continued look at learning ‎ “We would do away with examinations. They measure the inconsequential type of learning. We would do away with grades and credits for the same reason. We would do away with degrees as a measure of competence partly for the same reason. Another reason is…

  • Essential Bird Pedagogy again

    Bird Droppings August 23, 2011 Essential Bird Pedagogy again I am working on some thoughts on raising the bar for students as we tend to do in education. I find it most intriguing that we raise the bar for students mention raising the bar for teachers based on student’s success and all hell breaks loose.…

  • A bit wordy but good

    Bird Droppings August 22, 2011 A PS to my daily writings first: PS. I received this note earlier today in an email and thought I would pass it on. The note is written by Dorrie DePedro from Coatesville Pennsylvania who along with husband Greg own Coatesville Flower Shop. My father was a regular and Greg’s…

  • Looking back

    Bird Droppings August 11. 2011 Looking back Occasionally I will check my horoscope and see what the future foretells, and or see what is in store for me for the day. I picked up my morning papers and checked my email horoscope as well; today’s was an interesting lot for me. “You could be tuning…

  • Filtering into bottles

    Bird Droppings August 10, 2011 Filtering into bottles Starting back to school again today and sitting here on day one and thinking back. I remember how hard I was hit by the impact of No Child Left Behind so many years ago. I was testing or reading a test to students who within their IEP’s…

  • I wonder if you can get moon burn trying to get pictures of moonflowers?

    Bird Droppings July 17, 2011 I wonder if you can get moon burn trying to get pictures of moonflowers I was up early in the morning taking the dog out and remembered I had several blossoms opening on my datura plants, jimson weed or moonflower. This flower only opens for one night and only at…

  • Filtering into bottles

    Morning Bird Droppings July 8, 2011 Filtering into bottles “The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves…

  • Sitting, pondering and grandbaby sitting

    Bird Droppings June 25, 2011 Sitting, pondering and grandbaby sitting I spent the better part of last week up on the side of Black Rock Mountain assisting in my own way the facilitating of a Foxfire Approach to teaching class for teachers and teachers to be. I am being somewhat sarcastic as I am doing…