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Author Archives: draulston
Works in Translation
Awhile back, Ryan Bloom wrote an article in “The New Yorker” about what the first line in Camus’s The Stranger should be. I found it interesting and plausible (albeit long-winded). As my “Philosophy and Literature” class has been discussing “meaning” … Continue reading
“Look it up”
I follow Seth Godin’s blog, and he often has posts that apply well to education (although his audience is people trying to market a business). I sent one of his posts–on the power of “looking it up”– to some … Continue reading
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Teaching 2015 (review)
Below is a set of notes to myself at the start of the last school year. The start of this year seems an appropriate time to review them. This document is an attempt to put together some things I know … Continue reading
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Cum grano salis
One of the things my Latin II class provided was a list of pithy sayings we had to memorize. Some I’d never heard of at the tender age of 13, but I still remember a few, and one of them … Continue reading
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Note to a headmaster
My headmaster sent me a link to an NPR story that he thought I’d enjoy. I sent the following response… This reminds me of a story I may have told you before: one reason I enjoy teaching calculus and post-calculus … Continue reading
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“Close reading” aka “attention to detail”
A number of years ago, a colleague of mine from KIPP came to visit one of my classes (senior English) and was amazed that we spent an entire class period on one paragraph (I think it was a Borges story … Continue reading
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“The right questions”
Zizek (a contemporary philosopher in Slovenia) has an interesting video clip (quite short) that you can find here on the importance of asking good questions. While I think a better approach would be to talk about asking “good questions” as opposed … Continue reading
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“Guides on the side” still need to use teachable moments
There’s a slogan that purports to capture the essence of student-centric learning: teachers should be a “guide on the side” rather than the “sage on the stage.” But that shouldn’t mean they’re not teaching: they still need to teach, but … Continue reading
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Questions from 1.19.16 English class
And here are the students’ questions the next day. I have printed a handout of these and will use them as a self-referential teaching tool since a number of the questions have to do with asking and evaluating questions. … Continue reading
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Thinking mathematically
In an email exchange involving several former students (now at college) and a colleague, I said, This discussion reminds me that one of the great challenges as a math teacher is to combine the necessary (at least in our current curriculum) skill-set … Continue reading →