By Efrat Shapir Obviously, history is not boring. Even Canadian history. So why is it that students find this subject in particular so...

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Of course I never want your students to fail, or your teaching to be anything less than exceptional. I put forward these observations so...

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For a while I worked with a teacher who had mastered the art of getting students involved. She often talked about the obvious fact that...

A student, who is generally not motivated about school, came to me to complain. She had a long list of points on her phone. She paced...

I've often mused that if we could teach one idea per course per year, that would be enough. How many courses - years of study - have you...