What Does It Mean To Bring Startup Principles Into Professional Learning?
As a former teacher, I know it's taboo, almost sacrilegious to mix together business and education. So before we begin, let's address the elephant in the room. Bringing startup principles into professional learning has nothing to do with starting a business or making money. It has everything to do with supporting teachers so they actually get...
8 Reasons To Use Video Teaching In Higher Education
The coronavirus pandemic has forced institutions of higher education to deliver all of their lectures to students through online videos, due to the closure of their campus facilities. Many individuals believe that this has kickstarted the shift to online education, opening the doors to more widespread, permanent online video teaching.
Video teachings...
The Benefits of Studying Healthcare Management Online
Online studying is steadily becoming a priority for many healthcare management students. The convenience of home learning outweighs the importance of physical class interaction, especially during a global pandemic.
If the current crisis continues, online studying may become the norm in the future. However, this paradigm change may come with essential benefits for students...
Identity Safe Classrooms: How To Create Them
Our identities cannot be separated from who we are, how we see the world, how we feel and how we act. Students’ identities greatly influence how they experience school and how they learn - educators’ identities influence how we teach.
Throughout history, humans have asked: “Who am I?” Our answers change every day as...
Would you Seek Academic Help if you Were a Student in Your Class?
It’s ironic. The students that need it, often are the ones that do not seek academic help. Maybe it’s fear, embarrassment, or a lack of the self-awareness to decipher that academic help is needed.
Helping Checklist
As an instructor, I search for ways to be proactive in addressing this dilemma. Here are a few...
5 Student Emotional Struggles and How to Spot Them
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, educators are still faced with the grim reality that our students are struggling with their social emotional health and wellbeing. This can result in challenging behaviors or decreased academic performance in the classroom.
Recent data has demonstrated a surge of mental health struggles among youth. The Centers...
Supporting Teacher Wellbeing
According to recent research, around 5% of teachers today are suffering long-lasting mental health problems - up from just 1% in the 1990s. This is mainly due to the fact that the role of teachers is developing to include more duties and responsibilities than ever before.
Despite the heavier job scope, society neglects...
Protecting The Mental Health Of Teachers
More than 300 million people are now living with depression. Their number has grown by 18% over the past 10 years. Teachers with mental health issues are no exception.
Teachers tell their students that mindset matters. Yet teachers do not always allow themselves space to receive those same messages of reflection and self-care.
Creating Self-Driven Super Learners
Should the road to conquering student behavior end in compliance? Can we teach the super learners that we want to be self-driven? Elena Díaz reflects on the practical steps we can take to achieve this with our classes.
Compliance is a first stop
For many teachers, achieving a well-behaved class is...
Is Teaching Affecting Your Marriage?
Are you a teacher or married to one? Has your marriage been struggling as of late? Do you think your job may be affecting your personal life a little too much? In other words, is teaching affecting your marriage? Then keep on reading because this article is just for you!
When you work as...
