Methodology Part 3 - Feedback, Scoring and Grading How do you connect with your students? This is important because this can make or break a student in your classroom/program, it can make your space safe or one with landmines for the students. How do we create safety? How do we dialog with the students? How is all this important? Well, even if you …

Methodology Pt 2 - Incentives! Using Incentives can be something many instructors shy away from - because there have been too many strings, too many systems, too many failed trials. Perhaps watching movies, eating cookies, and taking “time off” aren’t the best incentives - perhaps there are many more that could foster community, learning, success, …

Methodology - part one - The Roll Out The past 3 episodes we discussed curriculum - relevance, meaningfulness, opportunities, challenges, affirmations. This week we began to talk about rolling it out because curriculum just doesn’t simply appear and take place. The core of the curriculum must have goals. But first, we look at our population and beg…

How to Offer and Deliver your Vibrant Curriculum to your Students Today’s topics are making the curriculum vibrant and working to make the curriculum accessible and workable for each and every student. What are some openers? What are some strategies to engross them all? What can you do? WE are looking at some ideas to help you begin, some formats t…

What goes into a lesson can be lost if you don't communicate the objectives, purpose, and relevance very well. Today we'll take a look on a surface level, as to why these are important, what you can do, and how to make your lessons fun, relevant, and worth putting in a little extra time in order to save time. You'll get it once you join in! So, sto…

Show Notes - Let’s Talk Curriculum - part one - Structure and Relevance All right. You are wondering - What do I do? Here are some steps and caveats: Create Your Overall Goal. What do you want the students to learn What do you want the students to understand What do you want to the students to walk away with How will the students demonstrate their …

Creating Your Environment When a student first enters your room, what do they experience? How do you let them know they are Welcome Wanted Needed and Valued? Are they expected? Do you greet every student every day? Do you have extra supplies handy in case a student is in need? Are you creating helpful displays? Or are they busy and distracting? Wha…

Be Authentic What does this mean? It means to be: Vulnerable Honest Reliable Helpful Caring Yourself. Being Authentic means a consistent person the student(s) can rely upon. How do you do this? LIsten in!alternativejigsaw által

What are your intentions of being/becoming a teacher? Do you intend to change the world? Do you have a love of knowledge? What is your subject are and why did you choose that? Are you teaching only to become an administrator? What are your long-term goals? What is your intent of impact on your teaching? Are you a life-long learner? How do you take …

What does this mean? I mean, like wow! Truthfully, it means acknowledging who you are, what your strengths are, where your weaknesses are, and what are your feelings in the moment. If you can stand in front of the class and acknowledge you have some anxiety but you’re there to serve them and get them toward if not to the goal of graduation (or what…

Let’s Talk About You! Who Are You? Why are you coming into Alternative Education? Do you have what it takes? What are your expectations? What strengths do you have, already? What do you need in your toolkit? This episode asks you questions about your reasons for venturing into this realm of education. For Your Reading and Education: The Tao of Lead…

Let’s Talk About You! Who Are You? Why are you coming into Alternative Education? Do you have what it takes? What are your expectations? What strengths do you have, already? What do you need in your toolkit? This episode asks you questions about your reasons for venturing into this realm of education. For Your Reading and Education: The Tao of Lead…

Welcome to Alternative Jigsaw! This is our first episode in a series that will take us through Alternative Educational basics, definitions, pedagogies, strategies, and all that is Alternative Education! I am hoping we have both students and teachers come on to regale you with experiences, stories, and ideas that would prove of interest and use for …

در قسمت دوم، موضوع قسمت پیشین رو ادامه می‌دیم و به تاریخچه تغیر خط در کشور ترکیه و تاجیکستان و زبان کردی می‌پردازیم. ۱. از ترکیه می‌گیم. اینکه چی شد که عثمانی فروپاشید و آتاتورک چگونه اصلاحات زبانی رو اعمال کرد. ۲. به عراق سفر می‌کنیم و همراه با گترود بل و توماس ادوارد لورنس، نگاهی شکل‌گیری عراق و وضعیت کردها و زبانشون می‌کنیم. ۳. به آسیایی مرکزی و…

در قسمت یک موضوع ما «بحرانِ خطِ فارسی» است و می‌پرسیم که چرا این خط مشکل داره و چرا برخی پیشنهاد تغیرش رو دادند؟ ۱. در مورد این صحبت می‌کنیم که خط از کجا به وجود اومد و از یک خدای نامدار مصری می‌گیم؛ ۲. توضیحی در مورد واکه‌ها و هم‌خوان‌ها می‌دیم؛ ۳. به دل مشروطه می‌ریم و در مورد چندین‌نفر که تلاش‌هایی برای تغیر این خط کردند صحبت می‌کنیم. از افرادی …

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