Culture, Reading and Teaching Philosophy

8th Grade ELA Teacher Essentials: 11 Top Teaching Tools

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Provide relevant reading materials 5. Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1. Use bold, easy-to-read poster cutouts to display common ELA concepts around your classroom as a word wall.

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Grades Teaching Teachers Teaching Philosophy

3 simple strategies to supercharge student growth

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Differentiation must play a key role in their teaching philosophy. Simply take the text of an assignment and have an AI tool like ChatGPT adjust the reading level or the challenge level up or down to meet the needs of the classroom — or create leveled challenges that students can progress through as they gain mastery.

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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

I’m wondering if you might recommend what top three books would you suggest I read outside of ‘Urgency for Teachers,’ ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed,’ ‘The New Education?’ Tim Carson, Skilled Trades and OER Advocate First, allow me to tell you why I don’t typically read books about online learning. I’ve ordered your book as well.

Online Learning

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‘Press Play’ Isn’t a Teaching Strategy: Why Educators Need New Methods for Video

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. At poetry readings in particular, I lean into the words that a poet shares before or after reading each poem.

Teaching

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How to Be an Antiracist Educator: An Interview With Ibram X. Kendi

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2020

He also discussed his teaching style and why it’s important for educators to share vulnerability with their students. Read the lightly edited transcript of the interview here. What message do you have for teachers and education leaders about how to appropriately teach students of all races and avoid inflicting harm?

Education

Education Intelligence Culture Teaching Philosophy

We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

This may help the student better understand the novels cultural context, competing demands and motivations for different characters, and the social restrictions facing some characters. But since it does not help the student solve a real-world problem, such an activity is not applied learning.

Instructors

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge

We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

This may help the student better understand the novels cultural context, competing demands and motivations for different characters, and the social restrictions facing some characters. But since it does not help the student solve a real-world problem, such an activity is not applied learning.

Instructors

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge

Developing Your Approach to Generative AI

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The paid version of ChatGPT has been continually upgraded and can also create and read images, transcribe voice conversations, and create code in multiple languages (OpenAI, n.d.). What is your discipline’s culture around generative AI use? 2023; Gordon, 2023). How can you support access for those without it? For students?

Ethics

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Why Schools Should Teach Philosophy, Even to Little Kids

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2023

EdSurge recently connected with Hershovitz to hear why he thinks it’s important to nurture philosophy in kids throughout school and college, and what advice he has for educators about how to do it. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. Is that something you see in the college students you teach?

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Can a Sitcom Teach Philosophy? Meet a Scholar Advising 'The Good Place'

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

And NBC even created a series of short animated videos starring this Clemson professor explaining basic ideas of moral philosophy that they’ve put on the network’s YouTube channel. Which raises the question: how much should colleges use pop culture in their courses? Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity.

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Teachable Moments: Connecting With Students In — and Out — of the Classroom

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

It’s often said that teaching and learning doesn’t always take place in the classroom—some of the most important lessons are learned on the playground, in the street, on the job or somewhere else. The same is true for educators, whose teaching philosophies are often shaped by moments that happened when they weren't in front of the classroom.

Coaching

Coaching English Students Teaching Philosophy

Making Memories on the First Day of Class

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

It was fulfilling to read about how they connected to the content we learned together, the activities we engaged in, and the missions and assignments they completed. through historical or pop culture examples, with storytelling), and provide students the opportunity to ask questions (e.g., Renken, M.S.

Syllabus

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy

Making Memories on the First Day of Class

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

It was fulfilling to read about how they connected to the content we learned together, the activities we engaged in, and the missions and assignments they completed. through historical or pop culture examples, with storytelling), and provide students the opportunity to ask questions (e.g., Renken, M.S.

Syllabus

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy

Religion Is a Taboo Topic. I Discuss It in My Classroom Anyway.

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2025

These restrictions felt particularly challenging in the context of teaching Arabica Semitic and Middle Eastern language intertwined with the culture and religion of its speakers. Words like Allah were labeled 'sensitive,' even though they are intrinsic to the Arabic language and culture.

Discussions

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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

‘Press Play’ Isn’t a Teaching Strategy: Why Educators Need New Methods for Video

How to Be an Antiracist Educator: An Interview With Ibram X. Kendi

We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Developing Your Approach to Generative AI

Why Schools Should Teach Philosophy, Even to Little Kids

Can a Sitcom Teach Philosophy? Meet a Scholar Advising 'The Good Place'

Teachable Moments: Connecting With Students In — and Out — of the Classroom

Making Memories on the First Day of Class

Making Memories on the First Day of Class

Religion Is a Taboo Topic. I Discuss It in My Classroom Anyway.

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