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John Dewey: ‘We must prepare our students…for their world.’
John Dewey: ‘We must prepare our students…for their world.’ by Terry Heick “The world is moving at a tremendous rate. No one knows where. We must prepare our children not for the world of the past,...
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10 Indicators Of Efficient Teaching
10 Indicators Of Efficient Teaching by TeachThought Staff Notice that we didn’t use the more vague ‘good teacher’ phrasing. That’s an important distinction, because here we’re talking about...
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The Highest Literacy Is Understanding The Value Of A Text
The Highest Literacy Is Understanding The Value Of A Text contributed by Dr. Michael Ben-Chaim Students’ underachievement in reading comprehension has become a chronic, habitual, and well-documented...
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What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean?
What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean? by Terry Heick This post has been updated from a 2014 post What does ‘critical thinking’ mean? Well, that depends on who you ask. For educators, as a term critical...
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Clarifying Your Teaching With Clear Communication
Clarifying Your Teaching With Clear Communication contributed by Molly Bruzewski, Ed.S. Ed note: This is part 2 on strategies that promote a team approach to academic achievement and high-performance...
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Why Parents Don’t Understand How To Help
Why Parents Don’t Understand How To Help by Terry Heick Jargon is a necessary evil. Simply put, jargon helps us be more specific. Pilots in planes don’t ‘go up,’ they ‘gain altitude.’ Forwards in...
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20 Questions To Clarify Your Teaching In 2019
20 Questions To Clarify Your Teaching In 2019 by Terry Heick Who knows where education is going, but it’s not impossible to come up with some questions that might guide that evolution. The following,...
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16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say
16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say by Terry Heick “Ohhh, now I get it.” The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign that you’ve moved a student from not understanding to understanding....
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10 Ways Data Can Sabotage Your Teaching
10 Ways Data Can Sabotage Your Teaching by Terry Heick For professional development around developing data and assessment, contact us today. How do you use data in your teaching? Or assessment?...
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10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network
10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network by TeachThought Staff What’s a professional learning network? According to Marc-André Lalande, “a Personal Learning Network is a way of...
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12 Myths About Project-Based Learning
12 Myths About Project-Based Learning by Terry Heick Simple premise: What are the most common myths about project-based learning? Put another way, what do we misunderstand about PBL that keeps it from...
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How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing
How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing contributed by Peg Grafwallner, M.Ed. As the School Support Teacher/Reading Specialist of a large urban high school, I create, develop, implement and...
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Is Focusing On Student ‘Improvement’ The Wrong Approach?
Is Focusing On Student ‘Improvement’ The Wrong Approach? by Terry Heick One of the central criticisms of public education should ideally be the effect of public education. Somehow, most discussions...
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30 Storytelling Tips For Teachers: How To Capture Your Students’ Attention
30 Storytelling Tips For Teachers: How To Capture Your Students’ Attention by TeachThought Staff Storytelling has been around as long as humankind. It is one of the most effective ways to communicate...
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25 Critical Thinking Apps For Extended Student Learning
25 Critical Thinking Apps For Extended Student Learning by TeachThought Staff Critical thinking apps aren’t the sweet spot of mobile app design. Most of the more popular apps are focused on social...
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50 Smart Ideas For Project-Based Learning
A Better List Of Ideas For Project-Based Learning by TeachThought Staff This post has been updated with new ideas and clearer formatting At TeachThought, we’re huge fans of project-based learning....
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Teaching Art, Or Teaching To Think Like An Artist?
Teaching Art, Or Teaching To Think Like An Artist? by TeachThought Staff Be creative. Curious. Seek questions. Develop ideas. Play. These ideas are familiar to modern educators, as they represent a...
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14 Things Every Student Needs
What Every Student Needs by Terry Heick There is no perfect lesson, unit, or school any more than their can be a perfect song, flavor, or shade of blue. Every student is different. Every single...
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What To Do With A Student
What To Do With A Student by Terry Heick Say you’ve got some students. Two or 122. Doesn’t matter–they’re there. What should you do with them? Oh, lots. There’s lots to consider. First, you have to...
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8 Things Every Teacher Needs In Order To Grow
8 Things Every Teacher Needs In Order To Grow by Terry Heick What do teachers need to grow? Training, books, words of encouragement, degrees and certifications, PD, meetings, assistants, rules,...
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