The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Teaching

  • Translating and communicating also involve perception

    Bird droppings April 3, 2025Translating and communicating also involve perception “Scientific management is always on guard against people who don’t fit securely into boxes, whether because of too much competency, too much creativity, too much popularity, or what have you. Although often hired, it is with the understanding they must be kept on a short…

  • Bird Droppings March 28, 2025 Making a difference each day “Dialogue is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world” Paulo Freire A Brazilian educationalist and one of the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century popularized the term “dialogue” in his writing. As I read about Freire…

  • I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc.

    Bird Droppings March 24, 2025I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc. Last night, I reviewed some notes from one of my numerous posts on various blog sites and comments from my graduate school. I had been reading from a paper on a program developed in the mid-1980s in California. The…

  • Getting ready

    Bird Droppings March 20, 2025Getting ready “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means I drove early this morning, before sunrise, in…

  • A spiritual side to teaching

    Bird Droppings March 19, 2025A spiritual side to teaching. “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from oneself. It’s not about the absence of other people – it’s about being fully present to ourselves, whether we are with others or not. Parker Palmer Dr. Parker Palmer is an…

  • It is in pondering the questions that understanding comes through

    Bird Droppings March 18, 2025It is in pondering the questions that understanding comes through It has been an interesting start to spring, weather-wise. I have been battling allergies and sinus issues daily, exacerbated by the fluctuating weather, including both cold and hot temperatures, rain, and periods of drought, as well as pollen. When I headed…

  • Engaging and enhancing your curriculum through Story Telling

    Birddroppings March 14, 2025 Engaging and enhancing your curriculum through Story Telling I am sitting at my computer, getting my thoughts together, writing about how to reach students, and thinking about being a student as I just finished my dissertation defense and am now finalizing my paper. So today, a piece of my thoughts as…

  • I am not a fan of the word pedagogy, but my own is evolving as I learn, see, and listen more.

    Bird Droppings March 13, 2025I am not a fan of the word pedagogy, but my own is evolving as I learn, see, and listen more. “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…

  • A morning meandering while the rain keeps coming down

    Bird Droppings March 10, 2025A morning meandering while the rain keeps coming down Almost ten years ago, after tutoring in an after-school program with a student who needs constant repetition of material to remember, I read through several old emails from my doctoral and graduate cohort friends as some are defending their dissertations in the…

  • Quietly listening to Bob Dylan and pondering the word inspiration.

    Bird Droppings March 7, 2025Quietly listening to Bob Dylan and pondering the word inspiration. My mind wandered back fifteen years or more to a county-wide teacher kick-off meeting. I thought back to 2020 and many teachers still monitoring lessons from computers but not in the classroom. Many communities banned gatherings of fifty or more. With…