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Worth a Second Read
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A changing selection of passages from professional reading.
“Subjects matter. Of course they do. But who we are as teachers matters more. Are we going to be the one who is able to unlock the joy of learning about language, literature, music, chemistry, geography or whatever your subject expertise is, within the lives of our students?
Training students to pass an examination is important. But a true education goes wildly further than that and who we are, what we say and how we say it really matters in achieving these loftier goals.”
William Evans & Jonathan Savage
Using Your Voice Effectively in the Classroom
Routledge, 2018, p. 10
“In our view, there is certainly an element of acting in good teaching. But it is just an element. There is a very good strong dose of authentic humanity in every great teacher and recognising that in yourself is a key part of your journey in developing your own, authentic teaching identity.”
William Evans & Jonathan Savage
Using Your Voice Effectively in the Classroom
Routledge, 2018, p. 24
“...the box is lined with a kind of plasticine and, in the bottom of the box, the imprint of your key is visible. You take this to a locksmith and she is able to reconstruct your key. Did the box store your key or not?
This analogy is helpful in understanding other features of human memory: certain things are not going to be stored very well by the box — a feather, for example. A feather is simply too light to leave an impression.”
Nick Shackleton-Jones
How People Learn
Kogan Page, 2019
“I can teach you the subjunctive in Spanish — its forms and rules of use — and I can even do it with flair, humour, brilliance and insight. But this is no guarantee that you are going to learn it.”
Scott Thornbury
Uncovering Grammar
Macmillan Education, 2005
“... The only difference was in the way that the words were uttered; in the intonation patterns and word stress - but what a world of difference they made.
Whole realms of meaning were invested in the conversation, not by grammar, not by vocabulary, but by the way the words were spoken.”
David Nunan
What Is This Thing Called Language?
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
“All too often I see teachers pushing kids’ stamina during the ‘honeymoon period’ (that first couple of weeks of school). Then the teacher gets frustrated because bad habits start to break down great stamina.
Avoid moving kids too quickly through routines just because they are being ‘well behaved.’ Slow and steady wins the race.”
Maddie Witter
Reading Without Limits: Teaching Strategies to Build Independent Reading for Life
Jossey-Bass, 2013
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