Mother nature a great teacher Local outdoor opportunities for the entire family By Tammy Marashlian Signal Staff Writer tmarashlian@the-signal.com December 15‚ 2008 When it comes to teaching kids about nature‚ parents can turn a park into a classroom‚ a park ranger into a teacher and hiking into homework. By exposing kids to nature as early as possible‚ children can appreciate the natural world and learn about the environment first hand. Why nature? "Teaching them to appreciate nature
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Teacher Tribute I would like to tribute this to one of my favorite teachers throughout my years at Lawrence Middle School‚ Mr. Hughes. The most important teacher in my life I would have to say would be my 8th grade history teacher Mr. Hughes my 8th grade history teacher. The way he taught was perfect it was easy to intake all the information’s because he would make learning the lesson fun. For example I remember we were learning about slavery and how north and south had fought‚ he divided the
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Teacher Shortage Today teachers are not paid a lot and as a result there has been a shortage of teachers‚ especially good‚ qualified ones. Until teacher salaries are raised and teaching comes to be a desirable profession‚ teacher shortage is going to have a negative impact on both teachers and students. Teacher shortage is bad for students because it means an increased number of students in class. Teacher shortage is bad for teachers because larger class sizes mean more students to be responsible
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lot of attention has been placed on teachers and their influences on students’ academic success. For instance‚ as part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)‚ No Child Left Behind states that every student should have a quality teacher who is licensed and effective. The act focuses on teachers’ academic qualifications and licensure requirements as a measure of their effectiveness. However‚ as will be discussed later‚ there are many other teacher characteristics that are identified
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girl‚ you educate a teacher. If you educate a teacher‚ you educate a community" Dating back to the olden days‚ teachers as such were only the males from the Brahmin community and the shatriyas teaching the rich‚ but now the system is changed‚ we have female teachers also imparting the art of knowledge and skills. Down the lane‚ coming to the present the overall quality in education depends on the quality of teachers and that a sound program of professional education of teachers is essential for imparting
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“HAPPY TEACHER” A Narrative Report on Practice Teaching 2011- 2012 Maria Regina D. Gile My parents would always tell me how I dreamed of becoming a teacher in the future. I would usually be found holding a book and a pen‚ scribbling some notes and cutting off sheets of paper. A chalk and a board was my favourite‚ they would say‚ with matching pointing stick. I guess ever since‚ I find teachers so majestic and powerful and smart that made me want to be one. That was BEFORE not until
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What makes a good foreign language teacher? It is not a secret that teaching has a great role in our life. In our constantly changing world we have to get knowledge from everything: from people and things surrounding us‚ from different technologies‚ from our experience. But nothing of these can take the place of a teacher‚ who plays a great role in life of every person. During rather long period of time a teacher was an integral part of children’s life. He does not only impart the knowledge of the
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Teacher Tenure Tenure was first adopted for professors in universities to prevent their dismissal based on political‚ personal‚ or other non-work related reasons. It was a protection against any form of dismissal which was unjustified and unfair. Currently tenure is available for K-12 grade level teachers and is granted after a couple of years of evaluation. Although this protection is granted to teachers of all grade levels tenure can potentially and does present problems with the dismissal of
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change‚ they must be aware of the problems and take action. Similarly this is what Baldwin tried to get teachers to understand in his Talk to Teachers. In order to teach effectively and to be able to affect students‚ teachers must first begin with themselves. Baldwin employs to teachers to change the way they see black children and to improve their education. Baldwin makes this address to all teachers in the early 1960’s. This is significant because this was during the civil rights’ movement for African
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the various roles of a teacher in the development of the 4 language skills? English language teachers do know more about English than their students do‚ and part of the role of English language teachers is to teach students what they know about English. But an equally important part of learning English is developing skills‚ and skills can only be developed by practice. Just as a coach can’t make someone a good runner just by explaining how to run‚ an English teacher can’t make students good
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