by Alex Terego | May 2, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
If you are a Teacher, or a beneficiary of Teaching, you intuitively know its importance and value. But have you ever systematically analyzed Teaching’s strategic purpose; its top-most goal? You might well ask why should I understand the top-most goal – the strategic –...
by Alex Terego | May 2, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
Force-Multiplication Is An Ancient Tactic. Our Teachers Should Use It. Teamwork is one such force-multiplier: and it works. We have all watched enthralled at displays of coordinated teamwork, especially when each member of a sports team fulfills their individual role...
by Alex Terego | May 2, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
Introduction. Motivation is the key to all human activities. Stable people are only motivated by two factors: Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. Since Epicurus in the third century B.C. we have known that nature has placed us under two masters: Pleasure and Pain....
by Alex Terego | May 2, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
There is no question that eLearning is THE next major educational paradigm shift. BUT if new eLearning technology is only used to digitally replicate the traditional methods of teaching/learning currently in place it would be a very poor investment, since those...
by Alex Terego | May 2, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
First some background. Decades ago when I was eleven I was given an IQ test. I must have passed since I was sent to a different kind of school than most of my classmates. This was post-war England and someone in the British Government had woken up to the fact that...
by Alex Terego | Apr 24, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
How should American schools honor the motto of the United Sates? By making everyone the same, or by building on diversity? Uniformity in some things is a necessity, such as allegiance to the US Constitution. But in all else individuality is what has made America...
by Alex Terego | Apr 24, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
Data is accumulating at an exponential rate, but it needs a teacher’s help to become useful knowledge for students. The comparison of facts to oil is compelling. Oil is inert and stored in the earth’s crust until it is mined and refined into a usable energy source....
by Alex Terego | Apr 24, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
If people do not learn then the organization within which they operate cannot evolve. This is true for large organizations with global reach such as the United Nations, and the same is true for a family unit: and every kind of organization in between. It also true of...
by Alex Terego | Apr 24, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
We have all heard the term Socratic Inquiry. But what does it mean, and why is it still relevant today? I think it is safe to assume that answers to these two questions only matter to those who are convinced that teaching and learning are important, which is just...
by Alex Terego | Apr 13, 2017 | Alex Terego Teacher's Blog
“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” Tecumseh Even if a student is studying at home, he or she is not alone. Someone wrote the ‘book’ and someone assigned the work, someone will review the work, and family is providing the safe shelter. That is a...
