Teacher Resources Education Articles for Teachers - Page 6

Do you feel confident in front of your class, but tongue tied when it comes to talking to parents? Never fear, you aren't alone. No matter how good a teacher you are, working with the adults in your students’ lives can be a scary proposition. Read on for smart strategies to build positive relatio...

For extraverted teachers, introverted students can be very challenging to understand. Perhaps this is because, unlike an extravert “who is prevailingly orientated by the object and objective data, [the introvert] is governed by subjective factors (Jung, 2008).” As Jung so aptly continues, for the...

Skill 1: Working in a Group Most of life involves dealing with other people. Whether you are an introvert or extrovert, you will have to learn to take turns, contribute to a larger project, work out differences, and carry your own weight in a larger group setting. Having to rely on others is a fr...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that in the United States, more than seven million children suffer from asthma. With so many affected, chances are, you will have pupils in your classroom who struggle with breathing problems at least some of the time. By educating yourself ...

One of my favorite quotes on personality type—particularly as it relates to learning—comes directly from the MBTI Manual, which states, “In dealing with people, when we keep their type in mind, we are respecting not only their abstract right to develop along lines of their own choosing, but also ...

October 26th marks the date that USA WEEKEND Magazine and Points of Light have sponsored the largest day of community service—a commitment that they've shared for the past 20 years. Will your class join the millions of volunteers around the world this year and unite in a common mission ...

We’ve all witnessed bullying at some point in time. What was our reaction? Did we know how to handle the situation? No matter whether your answer is yes or no, there is always more one can learn and do to prevent bullying. October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and there is a variety of w...

I spent my first day as a volunteer helper in my daughter's kindergarten classroom cutting construction paper. Needless to say, it didn't take me long to realize that if I wanted to be an integral part of her school experience for the long-haul, I was going to need to find a volunteer activity th...

The first few weeks are exceedingly important in setting the tone for the school year, especially with regard to classroom community. I have compiled a list of ideas to help you initiate a positive classroom community, which in turn, will contribute to a successful school year. Adapt these activi...

Personality type helps form the framework by which your students interpret the world around them. In the old fable of the blind men and the elephant, the blind men all initially “saw” the elephant in different ways. In your classroom, core concepts are like the elephant, while student temperament...

In Thomas Armstrong’s book, In Their Own Way, his first chapter is all about what a shame it is that so many children are “unique learner[s] whose gifts, talents, and abilities [are] ignored by the schools…Every year, millions of children across the nation are being labeled as ADD or ADHD, learni...

Learning is a physical process—a change in the structure of the brain. What we know about how that process works can help us understand why one variety of learning assessment is better than another, and why one style of teaching is better than another. Neurophysiology tells us that good, fun, eng...

One of the great frustrations of teaching…is that you are always robbing Peter to pay Paul. You design something to reach one group of students, knowing that in so doing you are going to turn off another group (Myers 1995). That being said, if certain pupils are struggling or seem less engag...

Other than the brief hubbub they receive during Oscar season, documentaries remain a little-seen genre that rarely make it into theatres or even into the local Redbox. This is a shame because documentaries offer viewers a wonderful chance to explore the world, its people, natural phenomena, and h...

The real key to why personality type is as important in learning as it is in adult life, is grounded in affectivity. As brain-based educators have been saying for decades, affective education is effective education. And just as we are all attracted to people with different types of pers...