Giles MitchellinThe Social Development of a TeacherSocial Awareness as a Reflective ProcessThe Oxford English Dictionary says that empathy is “the ability to understand and appreciate another person’s feelings, experience, etc.”…Oct 18, 2018Oct 18, 2018
Giles MitchellinThe Social Development of a TeacherIn defense of memorizing proceduresA common goal of inquiry is that the students will invent or discover scientific truths for themselves. In particular, they will invent…Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018
Giles MitchellIn defense of memorizing proceduresA common goal of inquiry is that the students will invent or discover scientific truths for themselves. In particular, they will invent…Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018
Giles MitchellinThe Social Development of a TeacherOptimus Prime Saves CommunicationMost teachers want to be caring and virtuous. After all, they make a living by helping students to flourish and develop. But teachers are…Sep 21, 2018Sep 21, 2018
Giles MitchellinThe Social Development of a TeacherIn Defense of Transmitting InformationHaving been trained as a physics education researcher, I had particular ideas about pedagogy when I started teaching physics. I believed…Sep 17, 2018Sep 17, 2018
Giles MitchellinThe Social Development of a TeacherWhy Teaching Skills can’t be Found in a Research PaperAs an education researcher and teacher, I believe that the goal of education research should be to help teachers improve their teaching…Sep 13, 2018Sep 13, 2018
Giles MitchellinThe Social Development of a TeacherThe Power of AppreciationIf you could name the one most important practice of effective teachers, what would it be? If you asked me a few years ago, I might have…Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018
Giles MitchellinThe Social Development of a TeacherHow I Realized that I was Unprepared to TeachI ought to be an excellent physics teacher. I have studied physics for twenty-four years of my life and I have been an active physics…Sep 8, 2018Sep 8, 2018
