Inquiry – Tim Goodwin Ed.D

Aha Moments. The Joy of Teaching

Teachers teach for the “aha” moment. That’s the real payment for teaching. When that student lights up with understanding and says “I get it!” There isn’t much better than that. It is in that moment when the student finally figures out something he or she has been struggling with, but it is more than that.Continue reading “Aha Moments. The Joy of Teaching”

Let Them Have the Cookie!

Do you know the children’s book, if you give a mouse a cookie? A boy gives a cookie to a mouse. Then the mouse needs a glass of milk. Then a litany of requests: a straw (to drink the milk), a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache), nail scissors (to trim his hair), and aContinue reading “Let Them Have the Cookie!”