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Sylvia Ashton-Warner

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30 Teacher Lessons
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180 Multiple Choice Questions
60 Short Essay Questions
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In "Teacher," Sylvia Ashton-Warner recounts some of her years as a teacher of Maori children in New Zealand. The years of her teaching career that are covered in this autobiographical account take place at Fernhill School in Omahu, New Zealand, where her husband Keith Henderson serves as headmaster at the same time. Through her many years of experience in teaching Maori children, especially The Little Ones,who are the five-year-olds in...

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Does Whole-Class Teaching Improve Mathematical Instruction

5,621 words, approx. 19 pages

Does Whole-Class Teaching Improve Mathematical Instruction? Viewpoint: Yes, whole-class teaching improves mathematical instruction by cutting down on preparation time for teachers and providing teache... Read more

Essays & Analysis (8)

Teaching World War II to Middle School Students

589 words, approx. 2 pages

Social Studies and History are possibly the most difficult subjects, aside from mathematics, to teach to middle and high school students, due to the fact that they have very abstract and complex issue... Read more

Teachers and Technology

1,044 words, approx. 4 pages

With advancements in technology rapidly developing, it is no surprise that it is affecting schools and teaching methods in a big way. The National Center for Educational Statistics reports that in th... Read more

Teaching Non-Readers

1,042 words, approx. 4 pages

One of the most important aspects of teaching literature to adolescents is helping them understand how individual stories can relate to their lives specifically. More and more, the stigma that literat... Read more

Teaching

2,026 words, approx. 7 pages

Just recently a study was done, to determine the number of high school seniors what they wanted to do after high school. The test determined that almost half of high school seniors did not know w... Read more

Profession of Teaching

2,190 words, approx. 8 pages

Today we are told we can be anything we can dream up. Although this is true, Max Weber would argue that there are certain characteristics that define a profession. In his eyes the only ideal professio... Read more

Role of Teachers in the Modern World

360 words, approx. 2 pages

This world has seen multitudinous people who scintillated among all fellow humans- Bill Gates, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstien etc. All of them had something mutual between them-resourcefulness, opti... Read more

Descriptive Analysis

384 words, approx. 2 pages

In the article, "Descriptive Analysis of Team Teaching in Two Elementary Classrooms: A Formative Experimental Approach," Marshall Welch discussed the results of conducting formative and summativ... Read more

Teacher Whom I Remember

373 words, approx. 2 pages

I am working on my math degree in elementary education. As a teacher I would like to make a similar impact on the student's life as my math teacher. This teacher is who I considered is my hero or at... Read more

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