Update

Sorry guys but I am deep into a new book and not spending as much time here as I usually do. I will post things here over the next month or so, but it won’t be as much as usual. You know the drill. The creative process is like none other. It can drive you […]

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Star Sequence

Long Post Warning Yesterday I received an email from a long-time reader extolling the virtues of the Star Sequence Curriculum: Ben, I have been on this PLC for a long time and have watched everything develop carefully. I am amazed at what has happened in my classroom with the Star. I’ve had a few sobering

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Erik Erikson – 3

Erikson’s Stage 5: Identity vs. Role Confusion “During adolescence, the transition from childhood to adulthood is most important. Children are becoming more independent, and begin to look at the future in terms of career, relationships, families, housing, etc. The individual wants to belong to a society and fit in. “The fifth stage is identity vs.

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Erik Erikson – 2

In the interest of time, in this analysis of Erikson’s thought we will focus only on Stage 4 (ages 5-12) and Stage 5 (age 12-18), the stages that most concern us as teachers. The reader is invited to research this more deeply here: https://www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html – which website is the source for the quoted text below

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Erik Erikson – 1

Erik Erikson was a German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on the psychological development of human beings. We would do well to include him in any discussion about curriculum because his work on the concept of personality development heavily influenced the new curriculum offered in these pages. Erikson maintains that personality develops in

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Three Action Story

Ray Bauer shares, for those still doing TPRS: At the last Chicagoland TCI meeting I talked about a tweak to TPRS stories that has worked well for me. I may present on this at one of our Chicagoland meetings, but I wanted to send it your way as well in case it can be of

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