Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Give second (and third) chances For many reluctant learners, one school failure is enough to reinforce their belief that they’re poor students. Encourage reluctant students to focus on participation and completion goals, such as “I will turn in 90% of my homework” or “I will miss class fewer than 5 times.”

High School 52

High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible. Educators participate in continuous training programs designed to equip them with cutting-edge strategies that support students academically, socially, and emotionally.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

They encouraged me to embrace active learning, to create space where students become participants rather than passive listeners. Her belief in my abilities helped me believe in myself. Her belief in me helped me overcome self-imposed limits. I am who I am today because of their mentorship, encouragement, and belief in me.

Beliefs 106

Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 106

Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

They encouraged me to embrace active learning, to create space where students become participants rather than passive listeners. Her belief in my abilities helped me believe in myself. Her belief in me helped me overcome self-imposed limits. I am who I am today because of their mentorship, encouragement, and belief in me.

Beliefs 98

Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 98

k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation. When staff feel secure in their learning community, they are more likely to reflect honestly on their beliefs and biases.

Confidentiality 213

Confidentiality Culture Discussions Beliefs 213

k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation. When staff feel secure in their learning community, they are more likely to reflect honestly on their beliefs and biases.

Confidentiality 130

Confidentiality Culture Discussions Beliefs 130

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

How do the characters’ beliefs and values come through in their actions or words? Should lifting your backpack and books count as gym participation? What impact do the characters’ choices have on the tone and outcome of the story? In what ways did you personally connect with the novel? Compare this story to another you’ve read.

Writing 52

Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling to allow parents to pull their children out of classroom discussions around books covering LGBTQ+ and other themes that may conflict with their religious beliefs could embolden efforts to restrict more titles. There’s just no way our tiny little one-room library would be able to participate.

Accessibility 212

Accessibility Participation Reading Beliefs 212

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. The data disproved his belief: He’d only heard from female students around one-third of the time, even though they made up nearly half his class. The difference may be more pronounced in science classes.

Lecturing 161

Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 161

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 24, 2017

Despite my passionate belief that discussions are an integral part of the learning process, early in my teaching career I failed at generating successful equitable discussions in class. There are a variety of impediments to real-time discussions that result in excluding a majority of students from participating.

Discussions 419

Discussions Beliefs Blended Learning Students 419

Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

Encourages engagement and active participation in the learning process. Promotes a growth mindset and a belief in the potential for improvement. Supports skill development and mastery of concepts. Enhances metacognitive skills, such as self-regulation and self-monitoring. Builds confidence and self-efficacy in learners.

Feedback 423

Feedback Metacognitive Skills Blended Learning Beliefs 423

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

However, this belief is often misguided or a direct result of imperfect execution by school systems that struggle to adapt to a virtual format. Learning experiences can either empower a student or reinforce a negative self-perception.

Beliefs 335

Beliefs Education Special Education Students 335

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

That belief has informed the way I define blended learning. They are not passive consumers but rather active participants. The person doing the work in a classroom is the person doing the learning. So, students should do the heavy cognitive lift of making meaning and applying their learning.

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Online Learning 521

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

The social presence is composed of three behaviors–a) expressing feelings, beliefs, and values, b) engaging in open and productive conversations, and c) feeling connected to the other members of the learning community. They may not feel that they know their peers well enough to take risks or be vulnerable.

Beliefs 494

Beliefs Discussions Assignments Blended Learning 494

eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2018

Create an inclusive environment, not just in the intervention classroom but in students’ own classrooms so they feel like they can participate with the rest of the class. Emphasize that they each have their own beliefs and opinions that they can bring back and share in their classrooms. Create an inclusive environment.

Reading 273

Reading Beliefs Culture Motivation 273

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

percent of the respondents who participate in the ACP say they were very satisfied or mostly satisfied with the program’s sign-up process, and that most use their internet connection for valuable resources such as homework, telework, participating in video meetings, and taking online classes. However, 82.4

Internet 304

Internet Mobile Devices Beliefs Participation 304

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A Shift to Technology-Enabled Instruction Ballard, along with other teachers who participated in our focus groups, is helping to cultivate “technology-enabled instruction,” a concept coined by education researchers Peggy A. Yet, these researchers have also shown that these beliefs are malleable.

Beliefs 215

Beliefs Teachers Participation Internet 215

eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2018

But as they select their curriculum and develop their lessons, most teachers are not accounting for how culture will impact a student’s ability to participate and learn, says Almitra Berry-Jones, Ed.D., First, Berry-Jones discussed culture—the values and beliefs students bring to the classroom.

Culture 241

Culture Beliefs Language Languages 241

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Our students’ belief that everything they need to know is online can, without the right skillset, leave them prey to misinformation. While your students, who have grown up in the Information Age and think they already know everything, any classroom teacher knows that our students need help more than they think.

Reading 294

Reading Learning Beliefs Learning Styles 294

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2017

Participants freely brainstormed and spitballed ideas for professional learning, campus initiatives, curriculum focus, data points, student progress—you know, the foundational elements of school. As such, we all—regardless of community, economy, demographic, age or any other data point—are compelled by one factor: belief.

Questions 274

Questions Beliefs STEM Culture 274

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Schools and districts must approach this year with that same level of creativity and urgency as they did in the early days of the pandemic, rethinking long-held beliefs about schooling and implementing new ideas that once seemed impossible to meet the changing needs of their communities.

Teachers 288

Teachers Beliefs Study Participation 288

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2019

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, found that brain activity increased when participants were more curious about certain questions, resulting in greater quick recall as well as long-term memory. Set aside time for students to play and tinker with ideas, tools, emotions, beliefs, and materials in the classroom.

Activities 279

Activities Beliefs Internet Math 279

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Yet as confident as they may seem, many are yearning for guidance and a way in which to align their beliefs with the pull of popular culture. My most successful class discussions occur organically when I throw out a topic and let the students participate without my intervention. This is especially apparent during an election cycle.

Syllabus 244

Syllabus Teachers Counselling Beliefs 244

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It will culturally enrich students Culture influences us all, and the mediums we participate in, but much of it is neglected in the traditional curriculum–particularly in Western countries. Remote learning tools create an inclusive environment as they can participate no matter where they are from.

Curriculum 294

Curriculum Students Culture Intelligence 294

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This critical disconnect between aspirations and self-belief highlights the need for targeted interventions that boost interpersonal and STEM self-efficacy. While girls are reporting high levels of STEM interest, their perceptions of their abilities in key STEM subjects, such as math and science are declining precipitously.

STEM 282

STEM Beliefs Math Science 282

eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

This mindset and belief system could not be further from the truth. Utilizing digital learning tools to help improve and support meaningful student participation in math discussions is a key way to bridge this gap. Excel in math and you can pursue a wealth of STEM and other rewarding careers.

Language 326

Language Languages Math Culture 326

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Teachers must employ cultural scaffolding to help diverse students use their backgrounds to enhance academic achievement, including collaborative learning opportunities that empower students to participate actively in decision-making processes. Despite its advantages, CRT faces challenges.

Culture 288

Culture Education History Learning Styles 288

eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes. In elementary school, there’s frequent outreach. When they see a clear path from classroom to career, attendance improves.

High School 282

High School High School Counselling Communication 282

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The UDL framework starts with the belief that every student is different and that’s the norm. A: With UDL, we let students make choices and then participate in a self-assessment. Although this allowed students to access knowledge, they weren’t empowered to become learners and make choices for themselves. Tell me more about UDL.

Disabilities 280

Disabilities Universal Design Essay Beliefs 280

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

By fostering an atmosphere where trial and error are celebrated as crucial steps on the path to growth, we empower students to become active participants in their own learning journeys. Inquiry-based learning encourages students to ask questions, seek answers, and explore the world around them.

Teaching Methods 300

Teaching Methods Lecturing Schools Beliefs 300

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

We should learn from experiences, particularly if those experiences show our previous beliefs to be untrue. So why are people so easy to fool when it comes to beliefs about learning? But those beliefs persist. Beliefs about science can become entangled with our self-identities, even if they didn’t start out that way.”.

Learning Styles 161

Learning Styles Beliefs Learning Evaluation 161

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

These insights promote a continuous improvement mindset that can help teachers strengthen their team’s collective efficacy, or belief in their joint ability to positively affect students. In the “plus” column, teachers record practices they want to replicate, while in the “delta” column, they list opportunities for growth and enhancement.

Teachers 322

Teachers Feedback Evaluation Intelligence 322

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2017

When implemented within an elementary-school environment, middle-school students can mentor incoming fifth-grade students and help dispel anxious beliefs and urban myths that typically exist upon entry. to elicit their participation. every ability, background, race, gender etc.)

Beliefs 198

Beliefs Schools Middle School Middle School 198

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Now, we know it’s not all butterflies and unicorns, but we feel really optimistic and hold a strong belief that change has to start somewhere. Once onboard, those instructors participated in three different professional learning dates, plus additional ones that were added during the school year.

Learning Spaces 268

Learning Spaces Learning Elementary School Elementary School 268

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

What began under his leadership during his time as Chair has grown into an annual fall cohort that meets weekly through the end of the year, guiding participants through the CETL framework. One of his most impactful contributions has been the creation and leadership of a highly successful CETL study group.

Beliefs 222

Beliefs STEM Feedback High School 222

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Participants in VEX Robotics World Championship 2019 (Source: REC Foundation) Girls in STEM: the Landscape The strategy seems simple: Include more female students in STEM subject areas like engineering and computer science, and positive changes will happen naturally over time, right? We’re already seeing the impact of our program.

STEM 167

STEM Beliefs Participation Culture 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2020

The speaker asked participants to partner up and share stories about our personal experience of our race, within a cultural context. “You have so much culture and tradition. I’m just plain old American.” Over a decade later, I was sitting in a professional development workshop on race and racism.

Teaching 218

Teaching Beliefs Culture Learning 218