Learning Designed For Every Student
Learning Designed For Every Student By Marcia Davis-Dawkins The 21st Century has witnessed several approaches to enhance and facilitate students’ learning. One of the new paradigm shift is Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which is a teaching strategy designed to...
The Power of Words
The Power of Words By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins Growing up, I was often compared to many, including and especially to, one of my siblings. What is interesting about this situation is that I am the first of six. This meant that the comparison stung more than others...
Self-Control, There Is “Nun” Better by James Burns
By James Burns - Contributor Going to a Catholic Grammar School for 9 years had its benefits. We had to wear uniforms so there wasn’t any clothes competition, we went to church all the time so we got some formal spiritual training, you couldn’t even think of using...
Friendship
“A friend in need is a friend indeed!” I have been both privileged and blessed to have the same set of friends for over forty years! To me, that is an amazing accomplishment. I know that if I were to look up the definition of friendship, I would find words such as...
Determination and Perseverance
By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said, “The heights of great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward through the night.” When I was...
Only the Best is Good Enough!
By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins When I was growing up, one of my primary school’s motto, was “Only the best is good enough." As I grew up I often thought of the meaning of this motto and why it was used. Webster’s dictionary defines" best" as “of the most...
Differentiated Instruction
No child learns the same way!! Growing up in the early 70’s and 80’s the teaching styles of most teachers was the lecture style. The notion of “one size fits all” is a thing of past. The 21st century brings about a new paradigm of learning so that teachers...
The Diverse Classroom
Albert Einstein once said, “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” New? As a classroom teacher, I have met and taught students of various cultures and background. It has been a great experience and I often used the opportunities to...
Parental Involvement and Students’ Success
Parental Involvement and Students’ Success By Dr. Marcia Davis-Dawkins The African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” has often been quoted over time. The notion of "a village" refers to the communal help of bringing up the child in a society....