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The brain and learning, 1

I’ll be teaching my Introduction to Teaching course during the May term. It’s a misnomer as the course actually focuses on one narrow area of teaching, namely, instruction. Two frameworks inform the approach to the course: (1) research on effective … Continue reading

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Book review: The Craft of Christian Teaching, by Galindo

It has been ten years since my first book was published. It’s still in print and selling well. That’s a rare thing in today’s book publishing business. It’s not unusual to find that a very good book I use for … Continue reading

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Dinosaurs, Plants, and Enthusiasm

The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? FICTION: The only plausible theory for the extinction of dinosaurs offered by scientists is that … Continue reading

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Swamps, Rivers, and Instructional Time

The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? FICTION: The Florida Everglades is an extensive swamp.

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Witches, Trials, and Routines

The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? MYTH: In Salem, Massachusetts circa 1692, several women were accused of witchcraft, tried, and burned … Continue reading

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