by transcendingpedagogy | Apr 1, 2024 | Pedagogy that Works, Teaching Ideas
For the last few years, I have “swapped out” my argument research paper for what I’ve labeled a “tension paper.” Rather than ask students to take a position on something – even when we’re asking them to understand and...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 9, 2024 | Pedagogy that Works, Teaching Ideas
When I started my teaching career, I was focused on embodying expertise and operating from a position of authority in my classes and lesson designs. No more. Many days – like today – my students become teachers themselves. In this case, there’s a...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 4, 2024 | Pedagogy that Works, Teaching Ideas
Mid-week, mid-unit. Lately, I’m feeling like I’m always in the middle of things. I think it’s in part because once I get a new adventure underway, I’m continually deepening, enhancing, expanding, re-routing, and revising it. Sometimes maybe...
by transcendingpedagogy | Feb 9, 2022 | Teaching Ideas
My poetry class – new course for me – is off to an amazing start. So, I’m sharing it all: what I did, how it went, what my poets had to say about it. I’ve worked hard on opening days / weeks of all my courses because they set a tone, establish...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 31, 2022 | Teaching Ideas
Today is the start of second semester, and the beginning of a new course for me to teach: Poetry. It’s not new for our district, just new to me. As a self-professed lover and consumer of poetry, I am both thrilled for this opportunity and nervous about it, as...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 25, 2022 | Teaching Ideas
Over the years I’ve made so many strides in my teaching work as result of one core belief in particular: students learn more when they’re doing the heavy lifting, and they rather enjoy it when they’re helping their peers in the process. I’ve...
