“I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.” ThinkingKnowsMatterKidsKnow HowTeacherPiecesSubjectsAchievementCriticalGapsClosingSubject MatterImpartAchievement Gap Author:Margaret Spellings
“Teaching needs an ecosystem that supports evidence-based practice. It will need better systems to disseminate the results of research more widely, but also a better understanding of research, so that teachers can be critical consumers of evidence.” NeedsUnderstandingResultsPracticeSupportTeacherTeachingResearchEvidenceCriticalConsumersEcosystems Author:Ben Goldacre
“Learning is most often considered. a process of getting rather than giving. This is most evident in conceptions of student/teacher roles: Teachers give and students get. Yet, in adult learning both giving and getting are critical.” GivingProcessRolesLearningTeacherStudentsAdultsCriticalConceptionEvidentTeacher StudentAdult Learning Book:Organizational behavior: an experiential approach Source: Organizational behavior: an experiential approach
“School leadership has been identified as another critical element of student success, and subsequently enough resources and training should be provided to our school principals and administrators to allow them to create a strong ecosystem in our schools and support teachers and parents as well.” ShouldWellsHas BeensEnoughSchoolStrongParentSupportTeacherStudentsElementsTrainingResourcesCriticalPrincipalStudent SuccessEcosystemsAdministratorsSchool Principal Author:Shaheen Mistri
“In a better world, science teachers would teach creationism along with evolution as an exercise in critical thinking.” ThinkingWorldTeachTeacherAtheismEvolutionExerciseCriticalPositive AtheismCritical ThinkingCreationismScience Teacher Author:Katha Pollitt
“You have the power to think differently about who you are. You have the ability to turn off the critical voice inside of you. That's not you. That's coming from the culture. That's coming from the outside of you. You've internalized the voice of your parents, your teachers, your friends.” ThinkingTurnsCultureParentVoiceAbilityTeacherWho You AreCriticalTurn Off Author:Robert Greene
“Productive collaborations between family and school, therefore, will demand that parents and teachers recognize the critical importance of each other's participation in the life of the child. This mutuality of knowledge, understanding, and empathy comes not only with a recognition of the child as the central purpose for the collaboration but also with a recognition of the need to maintain roles and relationships with children that are comprehensive, dynamic, and differentiated.” NeedsChildrenSchoolPurposeParentUnderstandingRolesTeacherDemandEmpathyImportanceCriticalRecognitionProductiveCollaborationParticipationComprehensiveParents And Teachers Author:Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
“People are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact. The teachers who are making the greatest difference go far beyond meeting standardised test measures. They aspire to truly level the playing field for their students, which means inspiring a love of learning, fostering the highest levels of critical thinking, building perseverance in working towards academic excellence, and so on.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanRealDifferencesLevelsTeacherTeachingFieldsStudentsBuildingHighestTestsImpactMeetingsExcellencePerseveranceCriticalAcademicAspireCritical ThinkingPlaying FieldsFosteringLove Of LearningAcademic Excellence Author:Wendy Kopp
“Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences. There are jokes I tell in the show that don't get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers. Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren't our audience - it's the critical thinkers we love.” KindShowsAudienceLaughingTeacherFrontsJokesMy FavoriteCrowdsCriticalThinkerAstronautScience Teacher Author:Adam Savage