Politics in Practice
Tag: Teaching
Jumping Ship: Why I’m Becoming a School Librarian, a guest post by Benjamin Ludwig
I saw a vision that matched my true goal as an educator. I knew that I wanted – no, needed – to become a school librarian. Immediately.
Exploring Art in Your Community: Connecting Visual Art and Literature, a guest post by Amy Brownlee
Keep your eyes open. Notice the art in your community and look for opportunities to engage students. Watch for special exhibits in your school and community. No matter the size of your community, there are artists.
A Rover’s Story: STEAM Connections, a guest post by Amy Brownlee
Jasmine Warga’s funny and touching story was the perfect addition to our literature circle this year. Incorporating coding, a team robotics challenge, and an exploration of the connection between music and emotion added a rich dimension to our study of A Rover’s Story.
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“It was better than a boring textbook”: Using Middle Grade Novels in an Adolescent Development Course, a guest post by Heidi Sackreiter
Various moments in these middle-grade stories help readers of any age to appreciate all that comes with growing up and the factors that affect young people’s well-being and school experiences.
The Value of Innocence for BIPOC Students, a guest post by David Mura
In The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself, I examine how, throughout our history, from 1619 on, Black and BIPOC Americans have always been assumed to be guilty until proven innocent and sometimes there was no proving them innocent.
Beating Burnout and Scribing Shipshape, a guest post by E. E. Dowd
While I wish I could say that burnout can be solved by writing a book, it can’t. But it was a good start and helped me realize how much I love education and teaching. It helped me find my way back to what I love.
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Pausing to Check the Weather, a guest post by Tanita S. Davis
Tanita S. Davis talks about the "adultification bias" of Black girls and her experiences growing up, as a teacher, and as an author.
Information Literacy Skills in the Digital Citizenship Classroom: Teaching Lateral Reading, a guest post by Jennifer Hanson
Teaching remotely, both in an asynchronous and synchronous environment, pushed me to reevaluate how I was teaching information literacy skills with my students.
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