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Teachers Talking...About What Makes Great Teachers Great

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About what makes great. The Cotsen Foundation has identified the teachers in these videos as outstanding educators. They teach in a wide range of elementary schools with diverse student populations, from urban to suburban, affluent to low-socio-economic status communities across Southern California. The teachers in these videos have from five to over thirty years teaching experience. BACK TO MAIN PAGE.

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Tools for Reporting on Teaching: What to Look for in Classrooms

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A classroom is not just a room. It is an environment. Just as the conditions of natural environments determine which species thrive or fade, the classroom environment influences what learning occurs there. As Judy Johnson, Executive Director of the Cotsen Foundation, says in her commentary on this video, the environment can be a teaching tool. Like any environment, the classroom conditions can be altered—for good or ill. BACK TO MAIN PAGE.

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Tools for Reporting on Teaching: What to Look for in Classrooms

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The Cotsen Foundation is dedicated to the development of gifted teachers through our program,. The ART of TEACHING. We have observed over 400 teachers throughout California to identify those we think have. The potential to become great. On this Web site we will share some of what we have learned—both about teaching and about observing teaching. Click on these links to learn more about:. The Importance of Excellent Teaching. Our Beliefs About Excellent Teaching. Our Goals for This Web Site. At the Cotsen ...

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Tools for Reporting on Teaching: What to Look for in Classrooms

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Students in this third-grade classroom—and any visiting journalist—will have no doubt what this writing lesson will cover. The teacher explains everything as clearly and precisely as possible so that her students—many of whom do not hear English spoken at home—will pick up not just the gist of the lesson but also academic language such as “topic sentence” and “supporting detail.”. BACK TO MAIN PAGE.

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Tools for Reporting on Teaching: What to Look for in Classrooms

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What I Wish I Had Known as an Education Reporter. How to Spot a School That Cheats and Find the Real Deal. The Six Essential Elements of Good Teaching. By Richard Lee Colvin. Cut to the Heart of Learning by Analyzing a Classroom. To Witness the Magic of Learning, Find a Classroom. By Samuel G. Freedman. Talk to Students for an Inside Look at High School Life. How to Get Gun-Shy Schools to Open Their Doors. Good Reporting Places Education Wars in Context. Learn ways to cover the education beat from:.

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Tools for Reporting on Teaching: What to Look for in Classrooms

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The social environment—how children relate to their teacher, one another and visitors—matters. And like other aspects of the environment, these relationships can be created, affect learning, and evolve over time. Journalists should watch and listen to pick up the tone of the classroom and the culture of the school. Though seemingly ephemeral, the tone is one factor that explains school-to-school differences in student learning. BACK TO MAIN PAGE.

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Cotsen Foundation for Academic Research (CFAR)

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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Masters of Bamboo: Japanese Baskets and Sculpture from the Cotsen Collection. California Institute of the Arts School of Theater Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts. Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University. Cotsen Family Office, LLC. Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. Museum of International Folk Art, Neutrogena Wing. Skirball Cultural Center, Noah's Ark Exhibit. CFAR is managed by the Cotsen Family Office, LLC.

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Tools for Reporting on Teaching: What to Look for in Classrooms

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The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media. Is dedicated to promoting fair, accurate, and insightful coverage of education, from pre-kindergarten throughout life. We serve the needs of education journalists with seminars, publications, and projects like this Web site. Click on these links to learn more about:. What’s Here and How It Can Help You on the Beat. To Cover the Action, You Have to Know the Game. Our Goals for This Web Site. What’s Here and How It Can Help You on the Beat. Or a story abo...

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Tools for Reporting on Teaching: What to Look for in Classrooms

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