When a child doesn’t perform according to our expectations, what are some of the root causes? Is the issue we face a problem of the will, a disability, a developed inability, a habit, a lack of training? We’ll look at a variety of reasons children can’t, another set of reasons they wont, and consider how to deal with the issues.
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CONTRIBUTOR: Jonas Sauder
SERIES: Teachers' Week 2013
All items in the series:- 40 Things I've Learned In 40 Years Of Teaching
- Am I A Teacher? (Jeremy Sauder)
- A Teacher's Delights (Chester Weaver)
- Be a Servant, Not a Solution (Peter Goertzen)
- Can't He, or Won't He? (Jonas Sauder)
- Connecting With a Variety of Families (Stephan Gingerich)
- Cooling the Cool (Chester Weaver)
- Developing Reading Comprehension Skills (Jonas Sauder)
- English Grammar For The Middle School (John Troyer)
- Essential Personal Qualities of Teachers (Jonas Sauder)
- Excellence, not Exhaustion (Peter Goertzen)
- From Good to Great (Chester Weaver)
- Improving Communications with your Students (Diana Sauder)
- Making Math Come Alive (John Mark Kuhns)
- Making The Minutes Count (Carolyn Good)
- Managing Time in the Middle Grades (John Troyer)
- Partnering With Co-Workers (Stephen Gingerich)
- Practices That Nurture God Love (Steven Brubaker)
- Relating to the Local Community (Stephan Gingerich)
- Teachers That Nurture God Love (Steven Brubaker)
- Telling Stories to Nurture God Love (Steven Brubaker)
- Ten Reasons Students Don't Like School and What You Can Do About It, Part 2 (Jeremy Sauder)
- Ten Reasons Students Don't Like School and What You Can Do About It, Part 1 (Jeremy Sauder)
- The Basics of Teaching (Melvin Lehman)
- The Great Commandment and Education (Steven Brubaker)
- The Trouble with Facts (Joshua Porter)
- Welcome to First Grade, Part 1 (Carolyn Martin)
- Welcome to First Grade, Part 2 (Carolyn Martin)
- Working with High Needs Students (Stephan Gingerich)
- Working with the Slow Learner (Stephan Gingerich)
- Teaching is a Whole-Life Experience
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