Day 19 : The Days of Reflection- Have an Impact
Day 19 – Have an impact. Whatever you do as an educator, have an impact!
Day 18 – The Days of Reflection – A Quote For Reflection
The Days of Reflection Day 18 – A Quote For Reflection Sometimes all you need is a good old quote to keep you grounded and looking positively into the future. Here is one of my favourites: Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think Albert Einstein – Physicist […]
Day 17 – The Days of Reflection – Application of Kolb’s Cycle to Make Progress
The Days of Reflection Application of Kolb’s Cycle to Make Progress Progress. You can’t get through a lesson without thinking about progress. It is important to make sure your class progress but as this happens over time and it can be difficult to demonstrate in a single lesson. An earlier blog post mentioned Kolb’s learning […]
Day 16 – The Days of Reflection – Introduction Circus
The Days of Reflection Day 16 – Introduction Circus I mentioned in a previous post that I had a really successful lesson with a group of students. We had recently finished Chemistry and moving onto Physics. The first topic is Electricity and Magnetism. Whilst they are exciting topics, there are many difficult concepts. I’m addition, […]
Day 15 – The Days of Reflection – It’s a Team Effort
The Days of Reflection Day 15 – It’s a team effort It has long been said that it takes a village to raise a child. With children spending a large portion of their week at school, it could be said that teachers provide an important role in raising those children. Rather than focussing on the […]
Day 13 – The Days of Reflection – Reading Football
A great lesson starter if you need to read text to your students
Day 8 – The Days of Reflection – Attention to detail
Start your lesson with a positive gesture that sets your students up for success
Day 4 – The Days of Reflection – Keep Going
Sometimes the world seems to be against you. The world didn’t realise one thing though… how resilient you are. Keep going!
Day 3 – The Days of Reflection – Avoid Being Weakly Precise
Avoid being weakly precise. Ensure your students are not only engaged, but learning what they should be.
Using Kolb’s Learning Cycle In Practice – Part 1
Putting Kolb’s Learning Cycle Into Practice – Part I There are so many great posts online explaining Kolb’s theory of reflection (check the end of this post for some great links). I have challenged myself to apply the theory to my teaching. I am simplifying the cycle in this post to “experience – think – […]