Category Archives: Learning

An Ideal Learner’s Workshop

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Sandie

I love workshop style teaching, probably because it empowers children, and teachers, to learn in ways that best suit them. It is student-centered, can be self-directed, and is easy, easy, easy, to differentiate to meet the needs of everyone. A … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Teaching

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Sandie

During my years as a support teacher I’ve spent a lot of hours in the classrooms of LOTS of wonderful, enthusiastic, caring, supporting, and knowledgeable teachers. I have seen a wide range of teaching styles, debated diverse teaching philosophies, and … Continue reading →

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Diversity in Learning

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Sandie

Diversity in learning styles leads to a very rich teaching experience, and requires a very diverse set of teaching styles. I believe the current trend in teaching homogeneity (requiring all teachers of the same grade level to be doing the … Continue reading →

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Project Based Learning in Thematic Instruction

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Sandie

Thematic teaching can be very time-consuming, messy, and active, but the rewards so far outstrip the demands IMO I don’t like to teach any other way. It’s just so much fun! Because this teaching method gives you enough time to … Continue reading →

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Happy, Emotional Learning

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Sandie

I’ve been thinking a lot about learning: I’m surprised, in a new way, to realize how personal it is. Although some of the learning theorists I’ve studied have built whole theories on how personalized learning is, it’s amazing me now … Continue reading →

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Learning

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Sandie

When I am learning, I am engaged, focused, I don’t like to be interrupted, I am feeling something—interest, frustration, struggle, joy, energy, rage (when my computer doesn’t cooperate), I am solving something, I am meeting a need I have, I … Continue reading →

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Learning is Personal

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Sandie

I like the idea of a learner’s workshop. That’s what a classroom should be, I think. We talk a lot about making life long learners of our students, and yet we often treat them like open and dump containers: they … Continue reading →

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