Purpose with a "p"
My ideas about teaching greatly changed…I [came] to realize teaching is not a random choice of many activities without purpose. Teaching is like a journey which has its beginning point … Continue reading
Adapting and Supplementing Materials: A Quick-start Guide
Materials are anything used in a lesson to transfer knowledge and/or skills to the students. The most common materials are print. The most common of those is the textbook. The role … Continue reading
Huffing & Puffing
“I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.” When teaching M.A. TESOL students how to design a course, I like to compare curriculum development to constructing a … Continue reading
A Gift of Love
Friend of LEAPAsia E. M. closes out our series on different types of students. She offers discernment for working with students who have disabilities.
When Depression Sits in your Classroom
Teacher and counselor Amy Young continues our series on types of students with wisdom for working with those who are depressed and suicidal.
When Opportunity Forgets to Knock
What if we changed just one thing about our past—where we were born, for example? I could be exactly the same person with my love of learning but be excluded … Continue reading
Foundation-building
LEAPAsia board member and long-time teacher Julie Prentice continues our series on different types of students with compassion and wisdom for working with beginners.
When Students Get It Wrong
When learners make mistakes in class, we may have a hard time deciding how to respond. If we come from a culture of self-esteem,[1] we may worry about students’ psyche and … Continue reading
Matching up Teacher Expectations and Student Behavior
LEAPAsia board member and behavior specialist Jill Schafhauser continues our series on working with different types of students with some practical advice about managing student behavior.
Brought to our Knees
This post begins our new series on different types of students. Check back the next few Wednesdays as we seek wisdom for working with students who lack motivation, act out, give wrong answers, live with disabilities, and more.
Small Things
This week we welcome guest author Sarah Portell as she closes out our series on purpose.
Teaching as a Better Way
There are still boulders, big and immovable on the path of Life: poverty, inequality, prejudice, and egocentrism to name a few. We, the people of God, have a consuming desire and responsibility to … Continue reading
