For a student with anxiety, many commonly used classroom procedures trigger the fight, flight, or freeze trauma responses.

As I teach college-level or community courses, I prefer commitments / covenants rather than traditional do / do not rules. Rather than only

A positive language learning environment designed with hands-on-learning, freedom to try and fail, authentic assessments, community connect

Many teachers give surprise pop quizzes. These exams trigger fight, flight, or freeze emotional responses in students; they inhibit even the

My first priority is to create a safe learning environment for my students where they can learn in ways conducive to their neurodiversity, t

Standardized Testing is a trending topic in academic and political circles. To participate in this debate, I will define Standardized...

Wood (1988) presented three models for curriculum evaluation. We were asked to identify one that would be beneficial for our teaching...

Many countries, especially those with large and diverse populations, are unsure of how to address minority language communities. This...

As I mentioned in my last post, I do not ascribe to any educational philosophy in particular but my personal philosophy has humanist,...

My educational philosophy, if forced to put a label on it, would be somewhat humanistic with strong social reconstructivist and...