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thoughts on problem-based learning

04 April 08 10:27 PM | jtspencer | 6 Comments   

For the last two weeks, students in my class have explored multiple facets of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. They have analyzed sources for bias, posed intelligent questions, created metaphors for the conflict and developed solutions. I admit that Read More...

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the solution for tagging

31 August 07 04:45 AM | jtspencer | 3 Comments   

I ride past a freshly plowed empty field and see a large corrugated fence that advertises the latest neophyte tagging crew in sloppy, choppy letters. I don’t know what is the worst of these aesthetic crimes – the graffiti on the walls or the fact that Read More...

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Why I Won't Shut Up and Teach

19 July 07 04:12 PM | jtspencer | 5 Comments   

After reading a recent blog, suggesting that teachers should self-censor and stay politically inactive, I feel compelled to write this blog. Telling teachers to shut up and focus on their classrooms is like telling Martin Luther King Jr to shut up and Read More...

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