I am concerned that the term “One Word Image” is being redefined, on other CI sites and at workshops. This eight-part series from A Natural Approach to Stories defines the term in the way I originally intended: We can begin to collect compelling portraits via a shared classroom strategy called One Word Images. The class […]
It’s a good idea to revisit the research from time to time. lest we forget our guiding star and go off in the wrong direction. The two articles below summarize the best research I’ve personally ever read, after a lifetime of snooping around, although I will give Lev Vygotsky some major props in influencing my
Q. Do you really believe that you can get all the kids in the group to buy into the story? Aren’t some kids just lazy? A. I strenuously object to the idea that some kids are lazy. Rather, they are blocked. All people want is to be accepted into a community. But the community has
Ben Lev in CA has been a member of the group for at least the past ten years. He is making a job change and needs some feedback from us: Hi Ben, hope you’re well – I need some support – I just quit my high school job to get out of a toxic environment
There is an incredible group of articles on Yahoo! News this week on teaching (see below). The basic point is that teaching is not only one of the top, if not the top, stress-inducing jobs in the country. In my view it is certainly the most dysfunctional. I didn’t say “in the world” above because
