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100
Mr. Keaton in Dead Poets Society gives this to his students with the following line: "Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all."
What is empowerment?
100
Atticus Finch represents this facet of emotional intelligence with the following quote “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions… but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.”
What is self-awareness?
100
Miss Frizzle relieves this in the classroom environment with the following motto: "Take chances, make mistakes, get messy.
What is stress/restriction.
100
This type of learning environment is achieved through encouragement, positivism, student-centered attention, and happiness.
What is a non-threatening environment?
100
When making a lesson plan, if you first identify desire results, then determine acceptable evidence, then plan learning experiences, you are doing this.
What is backward design?
200
Sure, he’s not human, but his role as mentor to generations of young Jedi knights merits recognition
Who is Yoda?
200
"Miss Jennifer Honey was a mild and quiet person who never raised her voice and was seldom seen to smile, but there is no doubt she possessed that rare gift for being adored by every small child under her care." This action was the reason behind Mathilda's teacher's popularity.
What is never yelling?
200
Mr. Feeny teaches this type of emotion intelligence with the following quote: "It's not enough to leave school and just desire to succeed"
What is motivation?
200
To have empathy means you are able to do this.
What is walk in your students' shoes?
200
If you have students first write to respond to a topic, then talk about what they've written with a partner, then return to writing to expand upon their thoughts, you are practicing this type of activity.
What is write-talk-write?
300
Mr. Miyagi emphasizes this key principle of education with the following phrase: "I promise teach karate to you, you promise learn."
What is self-learning?
300
Merlin from The Sword In the Stone was talking about this in the following quote. "That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting"
What is learning?
300
What teacher wouldn't be burned out from teaching Bart Simpson year after year AFTER YEAR? Yet, this trooper earns high marks for putting up with his shenanigans.
Who is Mrs. Krebbapple?
300
Having students complete KWLs achieves a broad range of assessment through these three questions.
What is know, want to know, want to learn?
300
The best teachers always check with this at the end of every lecture.
What is learning/comprehension?
400
Snape, more than anyone else, went above and beyond in his role as a potions professor, since at the same time he was also double-agenting as a member of the most evil wizard alive's posse, demonstrating what characteristic of a good teacher.
What is commitment/passion for the job.
400
Jane Eyre's teacher, Miss Temple, practiced this type of education, based on the following quote: "The information she communicates is often just what I wished to gain.
What is student-centered education?
400
No matter what nonsense the little devils got themselves into, Miss Crabtree was always tolerant, patient, and ready with sweets, practicing this good teaching quality.
What is empathy?
400
Having students repeat each others' comments before talking themselves is this type of discussion theory.
What is active listening?
400
In order to establish concrete learning, good teachers build these between topics.
What are connections?
500
This archeology professor taught us that tenure rocks, because at any moment you very well please, you're allowed to pack up and leave on extended, unexplained international excursions and return whenever you feel like it.
Who is Dr Henry Walter Jones (aka Indiana Jones)
500
Dumbledore encouraged this type of classroom activity with the following quote: "“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
What is collaboration?
500
“I want to be a teacher more than anything in the world,” Mr. Kotter tells his wife in the first episode, proving he has this critical quality of a good teacher.
What is passion/love?
500
When you've forgotten what you want to say, it means that you have practiced this crucial skill of a good teacher.
What is listening completely, without thinking what you're going to say next?
500
This is one of the most underused forms of notetaking, though is works wonders through visual representation and connection building.
What is mindmapping?
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