EP210 How to be quietly subversive and make the standards meaningful (with Dr. Robyn Jackson)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
What happens when you're asked to follow bad pedagogy or teach topics that seem irrelevant for kids? You can do exactly as you're told...or you can quietly subvert the system, and find ways to do what's best for kids.
Listen in as Dr. Robyn Jackson and I talk about ways that we've done this in our teaching practice, and how we've supported other teachers in doing the same.
We speak the quiet part out loud in this episode: the best teachers don't just follow directives without question — they're NOT doing everything they're told, because a lot of what they're told to do isn't good for kids.
You don't have to settle for just "getting through" boring curriculum and test prep. You can be actively looking for ways to get yourself excited about what/how you need to teach and make the learning meaningful for kids so they're more engaged, too.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 213 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:06.9 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement and truth into the |
| 0:12.2 | minds and hearts of educators and get you energized |
| 0:15.2 | for the week ahead. Today I'm sharing some thoughts on being quietly subversive and |
| 0:20.5 | finding meaningful ways to teach the curriculum and standards. |
| 0:25.0 | And you'll hear a portion of a conversation that I had with Dr. Robin Jackson |
| 0:29.0 | about doing what's best for kids even when you're not supposed to be teaching that way. |
| 0:33.5 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript or find our truth for |
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