Will you help us by answering a question about school? Okay?
Here it is...
When you were young, did you have a special teacher that made a difference in your life? Bring them to mind, see their face, hear their voice. What was it that teacher/coach/mentor had?
Was it:
a. their personality itself, bursting with passion, joy, love or connection?
b. the way, the actual methods and strategies (i.e. pedagogy) they used to reach out and capture students?
c. was it the material, the very content itself that animated what they brought to others?
That's it, skip, and answer the poll. This is your one sacred contribution to the Ykos education group. When done, return to politics, imagine everything is just fine in American education. Nothing to see here. Move along.
For the rest--the curious, motivated, and especially those seeking to consider education deeply--jump the fold. Ed/Up's on stage, and about to tackle a monster roaming the vast plains of education: How does one go about the task of teaching?
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