Thursday, October 18, 2007

Inside Baseball

As many of you know I am a teacher. Over the years I have not blogged about it much, because well, who want to read shop talk.

But when a colleague come under professional scrutiny, sometimes one is compelled to come to his or her defense. This might be one of those times.

Teachers come under tremendous pressure to modify their instructional style so as to not leave any pupils behind.

In this case an educator might be able to take a more direct approach for the visual or auditory learners, but if these girls were tactile kinesthetic learners, this approach is spot on.