Traveling the road to better teaching with Dr. Joseph Sweeney, Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Mississippi Teacher Corps at the ⁠⁠University of Mississippi School of Education⁠⁠, as we discuss his experience teaching conversational English in Japan to students aged 3 to 75.

Links from the episode

Mississippi Teacher Corps

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Online Program

Wikipedia article on the Letter People, and more information.

A link to the Tenjin Festival.

A good entry-level article on restorative practices.

Rosenberg, M. B., & Chopra, D. (2015). Nonviolent communication: A language of life: Life-changing tools for healthy relationships. PuddleDancer Press.

Hart, S., & Hodson, V. K. (2004). The compassionate classroom: Relationship based teaching and learning. PuddleDancer Press.

Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures

Cultivating Mathematical Hearts: Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching in Elementary Classrooms By: Maria del Rosario Zavala, Julia Maria Aguirre

Love and Logic

Amidon Planet Podcast E032: Not Light, But Fire with Shimikqua Ellis

Designing Groupwork: Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom

Traveling the road to better teaching with Lauren Biando, elementary education M.Ed graduate student at the ⁠University of Mississippi School of Education⁠, as we discuss an experience from her teaching 1st grade.

Links in the episode

Amidon Planet Podcast E043: Joyful Learning with Dr. Alice Udvari-Solner

Teaching Vocabulary: 50 Creative Strategies, Grades K-12 by Gail E. Tompkins (Editor), Cathy L. Blanchfield (Editor)

Duolingo - Language Learning

For more on portfolio development (for documenting moments of professional growth) at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out ⁠Portfolio School⁠.

The Road to Better Teaching is an ⁠Amidon Planet⁠ production.

⁠Have an event or opportunity to share with Dr. Joel Amidon? Fill out the Request a Call form at Amidon Planet.

Traveling the road to better teaching with Madelyne Pruitt, elementary education teacher candidate at the University of Mississippi School of Education, as we discuss her experience teaching a 1st grade science lesson.

For more on portfolio development (for documenting moments of professional growth) at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out Portfolio School.

Reinhart, S. C. (2000). Never say anything a kid can say!. Mathematics teaching in the middle school, 5(8), 478-483.

The Road to Better Teaching is an Amidon Planet production.

Have an event or opportunity to share with Dr. Joel Amidon? Fill out the Request a Call form at Amidon Planet.