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Kids today are worse than ever before
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Kids today are still kids when it comes down to it

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All children are above average

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A good teacher knows what's going on in the classroom

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Good teaching can be measured by how well students do on tests
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Learning is not linear!
Issues with standardized testing

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Students today are different than ever before
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All students come to school with different experiences/backgrounds

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Good teachers treat all students alike
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needs shift and change
good teachers spend time/energy where it is needed to positively impact group as a whole

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Good teachers = good performers
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center for stage is for students

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Good teachers begin with the curriculum they are given and find clever ways to enhance it
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"Is it practical?" vs "Is it passionate?"

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Good teachers always know the materials
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No way for a teacher to know everything
Teachers are constantly growing and expanding knowledge (as is the universe)

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Good teachers are always fun
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FALSE.
Be engaging, thoughtful, involved
Aim for authenticity, not fun

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Teachers learn to teach in colleges of education
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learn to teach on the job
teaching cannot be learning or fixed easily/quickly
teaching = best learned through practice

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Good classroom management is an essential first step toward becoming a good teacher -
this myth represents narrow behaviorism/manipulation
working productively comes with time
Focus = youngsters, the environment, and curriculum

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Before an experienced teacher comes a NEW teacher

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Before an experienced teacher comes a NEW teacher

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Teaching is not for the faint-hearted

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Teachers are paid horribly and looked down upon socially
"Women's work"
Difficult/impossible conditions
Excruciating
Fear of burning out
Many obstacles

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"The hopes and dreams of youth are in our hands; their goals and aspirations are shaped through their encounters with us." (pg. 17)

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"The hopes and dreams of youth are in our hands; their goals and aspirations are shaped through their encounters with us." (pg. 17)

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Engage and touch the future

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pain, joy, intelligence, uncertainty, ambiguity, conflict

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"Teachers must be experts and generalists, psychologists and cops, rabbis and priests, judges and gurus, and, paradoxically, students of our students." (pg. 17)

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"Teachers must be experts and generalists, psychologists and cops, rabbis and priests, judges and gurus, and, paradoxically, students of our students." (pg. 17)

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wide range of actions/activituies
questioning, instructing, advising, counseling, organizing, guiding, showing, and much much more

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mainly instruction, partly performing, being in center and at focus

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Bring real world applications to your classroom to engage your students by applying their interests to school

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Bring real world applications to your classroom to engage your students by applying their interests to school

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concrete experiences
authentic experiences
contact with primary sources

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Each student is different and will bring something new to the classroom

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And when you least expect it, something miraculous (or even just a small victory) occurs and you feel renewed and filled with purpose and pleasure with what you do

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make mistakes, learn and learn and learn
give teaching your all and then some more

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"A life in teaching is a stitched-together affair, a crazy quilt of odd pieces and scrounged materials, equal parts inventions and imposition." (pg. 13)

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Poor connotations - boredom, dull, uncomfortable memories
BUT - can also be associated with positive memories/experiences and awe