Trevor Przyuski works as an instructional coach for Albemarle County Public Schools. In, “Let Them Own It,” he writes about the tension between children’s authentic engagement with personally meaningful work and their struggles with traditional school work. By sharing an anecdote from his own experience as a classroom teacher, Trevor offers a model of instructional [...]
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Posted 07 August 2009
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Also tagged: African American Studies, Albermarle County Public Schools, Authentic engagement, Authentic work, Drama, Instructional coach, Meaning making, Play writing, Relevance, Trevor Przyuski, W.E.B. Dubois
I’m very grateful to be able to share with you the work going on at Murray High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Murray High School is “the world’s first Glasser Quality Public High School.” The school uses William Glasser’s Choice Theory and Quality Schools framework to re-engage students with the joy of learning. [...]
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Posted 04 August 2009
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Also tagged: Authentic engagement, Authentic work, Charlotte Wellen, Choice Theory, Innovation, Instructional technology, Meaning making, Murray High School, NBCT, Quality Schools, Relevance, William Glasser
