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Debunking the myth that good teachers shouldn’t use curriculum aids

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The perception that good teachers reject textbooks and design their own curriculum has been a persistent belief of educators over the years. Curriculum resources of any kind are viewed as unnecessary, redundant to what teachers already do or should be doing. This myth has great appeal.

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From DC Chancellor to Edtech Founder: Kaya Henderson on Her New Venture in Culturally-Relevant Education

Edsurge

What would a national Black curriculum look like? That is the question that I was asking myself over and over again, and I shared this idea with Roland Fryer. I want teachers and tutors and curriculum designers to be free to do the things that we think are good and right for kids. That’s a good question.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. They can present evidence to support their findings, such as photos, videos, and statistics.

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

Lesson Observation : This includes observing a teaching session with all its happenings such as teaching strategies, students engagement, modes of interaction, indicators of learning, assessment tasks, questioning techniques, and learning activities.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. They can present evidence to support their findings, such as photos, videos, and statistics.

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

Lesson Observation : This includes observing a teaching session with all its happenings such as teaching strategies, students engagement, modes of interaction, indicators of learning, assessment tasks, questioning techniques, and learning activities.

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Challenging Implicit Linguistic Biases in Teaching and Learning Across Disciplines Through Student-Faculty Partnerships

Scholarly Teacher

We share background about the student-faculty partnership program, define linguistic implicit biases, provide examples of how these biases manifest, offer recommendations for how to challenge them, and invite a dialogue through discussion questions. Image courtesy of Unsplash. Problems of Education in the 21st Century , 15 , 41–48.