Dear
Reader,
If you're like me, you love teaching. Nothing can
compare to the satisfaction of helping students to
grow in knowledge, understanding, and maturity. And
when they begin to share our enthusiasm for a subject
we love, what more can we ask?
So I am pleased to introduce this issue of Beyond
the Test, which is devoted to teaching, the most
important activity of all our schools.
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SOCRATIC
TEACHING
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Stimulating
Life-long Learning
Plutarch tells a
story about Archimedes, the great Greek mathematician
who lived in the third century B.C., which illustrates
the profound difference between ancient and modern
attitudes towards mathematics.
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THE
LIBERALLY-EDUCATED TEACHER
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by
Daniel B. Coupland, Ph.D.
What makes a good
teacher? The answer to this question depends in part
upon the mission and purpose of the school at which
the teacher works. When we talk about the notion of
good in connection to teaching, we need to think about
whether the teacher is a good fit.
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