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- When teachers don't understand
- Teaching should be informed not only by the content of the discipline but also by the lives of the students.
- By Bobby Hobgood.
- Teaching Online Courses: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the online class Teaching online courses which examines online pedagogy and practical strategies for the online teaching and learning environment.
- Culturally relevant teaching
- Culturally relevant teaching is a term created by Gloria Ladson-Billings (1994) to describe "a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes."
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Global education as good pedagogy
- A wide variety of teaching strategies and resources pass under the name of global education. This article provides strategies for evaluating global education and ensuring that it focuses on students' academic success.
- By Suzanne Gulledge.
- You (yes, you!) are making a difference: The power of a single phrase
- In The First Year, page 2.5
- A teacher's goal is to reach every student, but while you are working on big issues and ideals, take advantage of the small moments that your position affords you.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Research and strategies for problem-centered math
- In Problem centered math, page 7
- A bibliography of research-driven strategies for teaching problem-centered math at all grade levels.
- By Libby Montagne.
- Developing Your Online Course: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the course Developing Your Online Course designed to help teachers develop strategies for building online courses.
- Format: syllabus
- Reaching Latinos through social studies
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.1
- Teachers can help immigrant students feel more comfortable in the classroom by basing social studies lessons on students' own knowledge and backgrounds.
- By Paul Fitchett.
- Carolina Online Teacher Program (COLT)
- Now you can earn a LEARN NC Certificate in online instruction through the Carolina Online Teacher program (COLT). In five core courses and two electives, totaling a minimum of 17 CEUs, you’ll master the component skills of online teaching: effective collaboration and facilitation, creating learning communities, navigating the virtual classroom, and developing student-centered instruction.
- Format: article/help
- Critical literacy
- Critical literacy is the ability to read texts in an active, reflective manner in order to better understand power, inequality, and injustice in human relationships. This article outlines the history and theory of critical literacy and details its application in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- American Indians in North Carolina: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the online course American Indians in North Carolina which explores Native American history in North Carolina from the earliest evidence of human habitation in the state through first contact with Europeans, the Trail of Tears, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and into the present day.
- Format: syllabus
- American Indians in the United States: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the online course American Indians in the United states which examines American Indian history in the United States from the earliest evidence of human habitation through first contact with Europeans, conflicts in the West, World War II and other key events in 20th century U.S. history, the American Indian rights movement, and into the present day.
- Format: syllabus
- Paideia
- According to the National Paideia Institute, Paideia (py-dee-a) is from the Greek pais, paidos, which means the upbringing of a child. The Paideia philosophy “celebrates the fundamental notion that...
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- The Civil Rights Movement in Context: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the course The civil rights movement in context which investigates the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.
- Format: syllabus
- African American History to 1950: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the online course "African American History to 1950," which explores African American history in the contexts of United States, North Carolina, and world history.
- Format: syllabus
- Communities In Schools of Wake County: “Just passing isn’t good enough!”
- The educators of Communities In Schools (CIS) of Wake County, after ascertaining that the average grade of their middle school students was low D to F, determined to change their program drastically. They researched programs across the country that demonstrated success with students with profiles similar to those of CIS students, hired an education consulting company to help them establish measurement matrices, and instituted a range of new policies and activities. As a result, CIS students’ grades improved to C in just six months.
- Format: article
- By Susan B. Hansell.
- Letting students ask the questions -- and answering them
- For this high school science teacher, learning science means doing science. A look at an inquiry-based earth and environmental science classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Amy Anderson.
- The Binational Migrant Education Program
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.1
- The Binational Migrant Education Program helps students, teachers, school administration, and parents manage the education of students who move between the United States and Mexico.
- By Jennifer Whytock.
- Reading is for the boys (and girls)!
- This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."
- Format: article
- By Kimberly Bowen.
- Racing against catastrophe: a webquest for English I teachers
- Students often have difficulty making connections between classic books and their contemporary lives. This Webquest puts you in the role of student to find learning strategies that scaffold the meaning-making process as your own students read.
- Format: /lesson plan
- By Kim Bowen and Shayne Goodrum.
