Happy 4th of July! As it stands, I’ll be going for Teacher of the Year during the 2019-2020 school year. I hear a lot about project based learning and cooperative learning, yet, I propose that theme based learning through Centers that focus on listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. The stations, or centers, has proven…
8 Rotating Leaning Strategies to help Reach Student Learning Target Goals in a Classroom ALL [M-Step] Practice sessions below *should be 7 minutes each. Replace M-Step with your topic. The *resource could be the textbook. Project the timer. Silent (taking the M-Step / *Your future Test), students *take the test Teacher walks around room and…
Hi, as you may know, I was hired in Hamtramck, Michigan, as an English as a Second Language Teacher. I have about 85 “high level” English Language Learners on my caseload (from 4th to 8th grade). I travel every half hour to a different classroom. It’s an awesome job. While reflecting on the New Year,…
Hi, much progress has been made on my dissertation. Here is an idea that didn’t make the grade: As an analogy, my neighbor Joe Gratis might have rallied our community to help pass a resolution of instruction as an expression of opposition to the Patriot Act. In this way, Joe gathered many people to activate…
*Tacitus’s writings are known for their dense prose that seldom glosses the facts. He writes with brevity of description rather than embellishment (Wikipedia). If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a picture on Culture Research for Political Scientists….considering something Tacitus might say. ******** ** Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (/ˈtæsɨtəs/; Classical Latin: [ˈtakɪtʊs]; c. AD 56 –…
If I were Teaching a Course on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, I would use the open resources on this blog for “supplemental reading.” An integrated study of philosophy, politics, and economics is often complex, and my posts are designed to breakdown conceptualizations in the literature for the benefit of the reader. Today, a great river divides the mountains of…
In a Word Series baseball game, every pitch and swing matters. Teaching is like a World Series game for me: every sentence from me and my students does matter. At the end of lecture, or at the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and down one run; I am finally able to bring…
AMERICAN POLITICS comp exam prep. time… Interest Groups: Pipes and Flutes for Interest Groups Interest Groups Maim the Median Voter An Interest Group Walks into a Comp. Exam Participation: Democracy Doubts Citizens, But Then Lets Go. Democracy: By Huh? and Duh? Why Americans Don’t Vote Beyond Socioeconomic Status (SES) The American Voter, then. Divided Government Means Lower Voter Turnout Federalism: Block-Republicans, Categorical-Democrats? E.E. Schattschneider’s “scope…
I have enjoyed working in higher education for six years (3 at a Community College, 3 at WSU). Since I am a researcher every work day, I prefer R1 Universities or another institution which pays me to research American political development, the presidency, congress, campaigns, republicanism… If I were employed, and attending a committee meeting…
I just got back my student evaluations from 2013 Spring / Summer. The class was Introduction to Public Policy, and I had about 13 students. It was a really interesting class. Like, every week, about 8 people would show up, but it was always a different group of 8 people. And different discussions between different…
Political Pipeline 