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Student Teaching Portfolios University of Wisconsin-Madison Kiley Bohen, Spanish Student Teacher, World Languages Program University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Continue reading
Martha Andrews
A Fifth Grade Unit on Colonial New York: Developing Perspectives Through Historic Role PlayMartha Andrews, Fifth Grade Social Studies Bronx New School, Bronx, NY Continue reading
Yvonne Divans Hutchinson: Class Anatomy
A Friend of Their Minds: Capitalizing on the Oral Tradition of My African American Students CLASS ANATOMY YVONNE DIVANS HUTCHINSON KING-DREW MEDICAL MAGNET SCHOOL LOS ANGELES, CA Yvonne Divans Hutchinson is a National Board certified teacher who has focused for many years on developing strategies to engage all her students in substantive discussions of literary […]
An East Oakland Odyssey
An East Oakland Odyssey Exploring the Love of Reading in a Small School Elena Aguilar, ASCEND. Oakland, CA Continue reading
Sharon Feiman-Nemser & Rachel Kulick
BEGINNING THE JOURNEY FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER Sharon Feiman-Nemser and Rachel Kulick Foundational Skills and Dispositions in Teaching Brandeis University Continue reading
Amelia Coleman • Teaching within and beyond the mandated curriculum
Centered around the question of how to teach both with and beyond the mandated core curriculum, Amelia Coleman focuses the teaching in her sixth grade language arts class on the intersection of what her students bring to the classroom and the curriculum she is provided with to teach. In a district and school with a strong emphasis on accountability through testing, this site illustrates how a teacher prepares her students for assessments while teaching beyond the standard curriculum through bringing in literature and allowing for discussions that connect to students’ heritages, experiences and goals. Continue reading
Vanessa Brown
To view my video case, click on the picture above. (14 minutes, requires QuickTime Player). External speakers recommended. This video focuses on the students and classroom practices of my ninth grade English/Language Arts classes. It grew out of the tensions that arose when my beliefs about the juxtaposition of social action and classroom practices collided […]
Claire Bove
FEELING AT HOME IN THE SCIENCE CLASSROOMClaire Bove 6th and 7th grade Science, Bancroft Middle School San Leandro, CA Continue reading
Tim Boerst
The Development and Use of Representations in Teaching and Learning about Problem Solving: Exploring the Rule of 3 in Elementary School Mathematics TIMOTHY BOERST Jane Addams Elementary � Redford, MI with Ruba Ahmed, Desiree Pointer, and the Knowledge Media Lab of The Carnegie Foundation This website is about a mathematical idea,“the Rule of 3,” and […]
Nancy Beal
Teaching ArtNancy Beal, Elementary Art The Village Community School, NY, NY Continue reading