tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post1383261222044430792..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Lies, Damned Lies and StatisticsTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-45618226971685107602008-01-28T11:35:00.000-05:002008-01-28T11:35:00.000-05:00I wrote this in response to a prompt from Weekend ...I wrote <A HREF="http://ttmms.blogspot.com/2008/01/illegible-says-you.html" REL="nofollow"><BR/>this</A> in response to a prompt from Weekend Wordsmith... it wort of addresses this issue as well. Thought I would share.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018568031615675530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-69028816536239580692008-01-25T19:26:00.000-05:002008-01-25T19:26:00.000-05:00I agree with much of what has been said. A good t...I agree with much of what has been said. A good teacher teaches people, not curriculum. He/she sees curriculum as a means to an end, not the end in itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-40748634148197174432008-01-24T09:44:00.000-05:002008-01-24T09:44:00.000-05:00A good teacher is a good observer. Watches, listen...A good teacher is a good observer. Watches, listens, absorbs, intuits. And then the good teacher reflects back so that students know themselves in a more complete way. A good teacher knows that most of what she needs is internal and interactive, not imposed from the outside. A good teacher's students know that they are truly liked and cared for...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-72818891946988570102008-01-23T18:44:00.000-05:002008-01-23T18:44:00.000-05:00Right now, she looks tired. Lesson plans, grading...Right now, she looks tired. Lesson plans, grading, the push to meet AYP, parent conferences, interim reports...<BR/><BR/>But she's not whining. She knows she made a difference for at least one child today. In the end, it's all worth it for that.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-7150185502962844402008-01-23T10:49:00.000-05:002008-01-23T10:49:00.000-05:00A good teacher likes his students. All of them. No...A good teacher likes his students. All of them. Not just the ones that are easy to teach. A good teacher encourages students to want to learn and understands that there are many many kinds of "smart" - a good teacher knows how to make a child feel successful every day - in something. Good teachers listen more than they talk. They know how to encourage students to talk about whatever the subject Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018568031615675530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-16300900413621930602008-01-22T15:35:00.000-05:002008-01-22T15:35:00.000-05:00Ah, the joys of accreditation.For me effective tea...Ah, the joys of accreditation.<BR/><BR/>For me effective teachers are those who are able to share their enthusiasm for the material they are teaching and for learning with their students in a way that engages the student and makes them want to know more.Chellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427326708333474788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-25204469914262552482008-01-22T13:09:00.000-05:002008-01-22T13:09:00.000-05:00To me communication skills are paramount. I've had...To me communication skills are paramount. I've had brilliant teachers who just couldn't convey their brilliance. And what goes along with that, of course, is people smarts, empathy, patience, and gut instincts about what a student needs and how best to reach him. Flexibility, ability to think outside the box for creative approaches when standard methods fail. I don't see how statistics can jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.com