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Aug 17Liked by Rebecca Birch

Firstly congrats on the Masters! Secondly ‘interpretive dance’ bahaha. Thirdly, very good summation of the issue with some useful references to follow up.

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Aug 17·edited Aug 17Liked by Rebecca Birch

Thank you for affirming elements in our national teacher exam (NTE) requirements in 1986, specific to our graduate courses on methods that successfully produce retention, such as: the student demonstrating proficiency, engaging object lessons for practical application, recalling under stress via repetition and reinforcement, and accommodating for modalities of learning, cognitive mediation, and neuro-divergent processing. In 1982, our teachers were considered negligent and removed from the room, when they did not demonstrate these skills each hour. At the beginning of our 6-hour exam, we were required to affirm our purpose: "to prepare responsible citizens to contribute value to the community." In 1967, my 2nd grade teacher sent a letter home to my mother; "Mrs. Harrison, you have failed your nation today, because your son needed to do better on his math test."

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Another Rebecca Birch post! How wonderful!

And congratulations on your Master's degree! For your final project, are you doing an interpretive dance, or just playing a song on your guitar? Or perhaps something more cutting-edge, like a TikTok dance video?

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I thought I might develop the phallic teacher idea!

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