Over on Docere est Discere, G. Broaddus has a post about an in-service session that, from his well-written report, appears to have made a lot of sense. Here’s a snippet from his introductory paragraph:
We had Indiana State University (at Terre Haute) professor Todd Whitaker giving us a presentation entitled “What Great Teachers Do Differently,” and it was humorous, insightful, and engaging (and many other attributes would be appropriate). Whitaker is the author of several books, one of which shares the title of the presentation with the subtitle “Fourteen Things That Matter Most”; appropriately, we were given a list of these fourteen things, but Whitaker could only cover some of them in the four hours or so we would be there.
Mr. Broaddus, who apparently is documenting his experiences during he time he is completing student teaching, gives specific examples of points made by Professor Whitaker. Among them are factors in classroom management that have appeared here (e.g., use praise; manage one’s own behavior). I’ll be checking into Professor Whitaker’s books, and I’ll revisit Mr. Broaddus’ blog.
Link to the entry on Docere est Discere.
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Thanks for the link, John – it really was an excellent session, and I wish I could have remembered more details to post about!