by Heather MacCorkle | Jul 10, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching
During this crisis, we need to remind ourselves of the true purpose of education. Some aspects of this post might be unpopular. I apologize in advance. Why Do Schools Close for So Long? Please, teachers everywhere, do not wince. It’s a good question. According to PBS,...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jun 2, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Life, Teaching
Image Credit: Posted by Michelle Argo Parker, an AP® Literature teacher in Minneapolis One of Mrs. Parker’s students created this peaceful protest message using apropos quotes from Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. This is why I, and thousands of my colleagues, teach...
by Heather MacCorkle | May 10, 2020 | Education, Learning, Teaching
I created this poster to remind myself of the true value of education, of what it’s all about. As my first group goes into AP® exams this week, it seems important to remember that we don’t go to school to prepare for exams. We go to school to understand...
by Heather MacCorkle | Apr 18, 2020 | Education, Learning, Life, Teaching
This post could have been entitled “5 ways…” or “10 ways…” or maybe even “100 ways,” but the power of three is strong. It craves concision. It requires streamlined thought. It also makes it more difficult to write, but that’s a different post. Before...
by Heather MacCorkle | Apr 11, 2020 | Education, Learning, Life
We study literature to study the human condition. We engage in conversation with a text, with its context, to understand where we were within our reality, or to understand where we may be going within our reality. Readers cannot escape their reality; indeed, they...
by Heather MacCorkle | Sep 24, 2017 | Education, Learning, Moodle, Teaching
One of the first things you learn when studying adult learning is that adults need to know why they are learning something and how they can apply it to their lives. In other words, they need to know how something is relevant to their condition and context. ...
