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teaching the teacher: one teacher’s practice ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
You all who read this blog may well be tired of hearing about my wonderful students. So you may want to get up and go get a cup of tea; come back in a few paragraphs. Because this is another awed look at the fact that I am paid to learn from the best teachers…
the Buddha was a teacher, too ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Yesterday in the undergraduate class I teach, everyone was quiet. Working. Drawing and colouring. Thinking. I often use ‘childish’ tools and practices in my classes, even though I teach university students. Or retired adults. I do this because of the effects: it makes learning almost effortless. The assignment wasn’t easy ~ to construct a metaphor…
the study of letters ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I’ve always wondered what those of us w/ degrees in the letters — language arts, some folks call them — should call ourselves. History has historians. Science has general scientists, as well as botanists, biologists, micro-biologists, physicists, chemists, etc. We have English majors, English teachers. And for those of us who write, writers — both…
suffer the little children… or, the consequences to bullying ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I will caution you right now: if you believe it’s okay (for any reason whatsoever) to be mean to children in the name of religion, you should find to do other than reading further. Because this is my bit for socially engaged Buddhism, teaching, and my students, friends and family. Michigan just passed what’s basically…
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