New Athenian Academy

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.” — Gail Godwin What’s your style of lesson planning?  Detailed plans with standards references and time span or a loose idea filled with improv… I have learned that there are two basic camps of lesson plans.  And which one you choose as a teacher defines your [...]

Being an unemployed teacher, where do I find myself on a daily basis?  The local coffeehouse of course!  As I am now addicted to this place, it got me thinking about the idea of coffeehouses, the Socratic method, and teaching.  What if we radically changed our approach to the classroom?  Instead of the teacher lecturing [...]