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    Speaking Skills Crucial For Hearing Impaired Children In The Classroom

    Current special education laws are geared towards integrating special-needs children into the general classroom environment from a young age, starting as early as preschool. Prof. Tova Most of Tel Aviv University's Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education and the Department of...
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    Life Science and Earth Science Teachers: A few books for your classroom

    I like to pass books about science on to the teachers in my daughter's school for them to have in the classroom (or to pass on to the library, as they wish). Now that you've heard this idea, you will want to do it to! Here's a few suggestions of recent titles that could be available used...
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    How to deal with the mobile phone/iPod classroom PLAGUE? Rack for multiple mobiles?

    So much of my teaching time is wasted policing mobile phone and ipod misuse. Any ideas? At a meeting I suggested requiring students to put them in a class box at the start of the lesson, but the obstructive types said, 'Then there would be the risk of someone taking the wrong set.' Well if you...
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    International Authority On Brain Plasticity Calls Classroom Role Rewarding

    Dr. Aage Moller of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences is known around the world for his innovative research on sensory systems and neural plasticity. But back at UT Dallas, he's known to many students simply as a terrific teacher. Møller received the President's Teaching Excellence...
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    Name/author of funny short story about a classroom pet's death?

    Many moons ago I taught English and used a humorous short story about the death of a classroom pet. I know it sounds weird but it was good. If anyone knows the story title or the author name, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! Brody--I don't remember chicken talons but it's possible. The story started...
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    Jehovah witness in the elementary classroom?

    I am an elementary school counselor with several JWs in our building. One of the first grade teachers ( with a JW in the class) has asked me to come into the classroom to teach a lesson about how each of is different and more specifically how some of us celebrate or don't celebrate different...
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    What is this Japanese classroom greeting?

    I have a few friends who are teaching in Japan now, and I have seen some of the videos they have made while in the classroom. One of the things that stands out the most is the greeting to the teacher. I know there is that in some of the videos they greet the teacher with "Ohayo gozaimasu" or...
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    What to do about Bible-thumping students in the science classroom

    .... Have you ever had this happen: You are minding your own business, teaching your life science course, it's early in the term. A student, on the way out of the room after class (never at the beginning of class, rarely during class) mentions something about "carbon dating." This usually...
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    How to respond in the classroom to questions about religion

    ... In public schools. According to one Federal Judge in the US, not much. <blockquote> A Mission Viejo high school history teacher violated the First Amendment by disparaging Christians during a classroom lecture, a federal judge ruled. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments...
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    Creationism and Evolution in the Classroom

    A little over a year ago, there was a meeting of the Minnesota Atheists that included a one hour panel discussion of evolution, creationism, science education, and so on. The panel was moderated by Lynn Fellman, and included (in order from right to left as the audience gazed on) Randy Moore...
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    Creationist College Prof Will Not Return to Classroom

    An adjust community college professor had a bit of a problem when it came time to teach evolution, according to certain sources: Student Bryan Jaden Walker wrote on his blog, jadeneternal.wordpress.com, that the professor "glossed over the scientific explanation very quickly (less than 20...
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    How do I introduce more creativity into my primary classroom? And how can I

    extend that to home? I should say I love ICT and so do my 30 Year 4 children.What resources are out there that I might have missed?
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    What are some cool Music- Related Activities to do with Children in a classroom?

    The theme is Music... what fun things can you do with a classroom full of 9 to 12 year old kids over the course of a month? got any ideas for musical games, making instruments, making pop star costumes etc? Do you maybe know of any links to websites that may help me out? i'll be asking this...
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    Will Minnesota Standards Allow Creationism in the Classroom?

    The following story is current, but the issue is not new. But interesting. ... Science standards for Minnesota schools are about to be set for the next six years. Is the battle to keep pseudoscience out of our classrooms over? Sadly the door has been cracked open for intelligent design, an...
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    Will Minnesota Standards Allow Creationism in the Classroom?

    The following story is current, but the issue is not new. But interesting. ... Science standards for Minnesota schools are about to be set for the next six years. Is the battle to keep pseudoscience out of our classrooms over? Sadly the door has been cracked open for intelligent design, an...
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    Will Minnesota Standards Allow Creationism in the Classroom?

    The following story is current, but the issue is not new. But interesting. ... Science standards for Minnesota schools are about to be set for the next six years. Is the battle to keep pseudoscience out of our classrooms over? Sadly the door has been cracked open for intelligent design, an...
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    Will Minnesota Standards Allow Creationism in the Classroom?

    The following story is current, but the issue is not new. But interesting. ... Science standards for Minnesota schools are about to be set for the next six years. Is the battle to keep pseudoscience out of our classrooms over? Sadly the door has been cracked open for intelligent design, an...
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    Will Minnesota Standards Allow Creationism in the Classroom?

    The following story is current, but the issue is not new. But interesting. ... Science standards for Minnesota schools are about to be set for the next six years. Is the battle to keep pseudoscience out of our classrooms over? Sadly the door has been cracked open for intelligent design, an...
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    Will Minnesota Standards Allow Creationism in the Classroom?

    The following story is current, but the issue is not new. But interesting. ... Science standards for Minnesota schools are about to be set for the next six years. Is the battle to keep pseudoscience out of our classrooms over? Sadly the door has been cracked open for intelligent design, an...
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    Will Minnesota Standards Allow Creationism in the Classroom?

    The following story is current, but the issue is not new. But interesting. ... Science standards for Minnesota schools are about to be set for the next six years. Is the battle to keep pseudoscience out of our classrooms over? Sadly the door has been cracked open for intelligent design, an...
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