Listen "344: Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone with Robert Barnett"
Episode Synopsis
Often times teachers want to do what is comfortable for them, but what if the best way to help your students was to step out of your comfort zone and teach differently? Listen in as Robert Barnett tells his story about how he shifted his teaching style and stepped out of the norm for his students.
Quotables
** All quotes are by the interviewee **
"Learning should feel good. Students should build self esteem to build confidence when they learn something new."
"Every child deserves an excellent education no matter who they are or what their background is. "
“The more I got away from this sort of one lesson at a time approach, the more I just appreciated the incredible diversity of talent, interest, and potential that students bring to class. ”
About Robert Barnett
Robert Barnett co-founded the Modern Classrooms Project, which has empowered 80,000+ educators in 180+ countries to meet every learner’s needs. Before that he taught math, computer science, English, social studies, and law, from the middle-school to university levels, at public and private schools in the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of Meet Every Learner’s Needs: Redesigning Instruction So All Learners Can Succeed and he hopes his children will learn in Modern Classrooms someday!
Resources from this episode:
1.meeteverylearnersneeds.org
2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-s-barnett/
3. book
4. Book giveaway : https://meln-form.paperform.co/?podcast=aal
Quotables
** All quotes are by the interviewee **
"Learning should feel good. Students should build self esteem to build confidence when they learn something new."
"Every child deserves an excellent education no matter who they are or what their background is. "
“The more I got away from this sort of one lesson at a time approach, the more I just appreciated the incredible diversity of talent, interest, and potential that students bring to class. ”
About Robert Barnett
Robert Barnett co-founded the Modern Classrooms Project, which has empowered 80,000+ educators in 180+ countries to meet every learner’s needs. Before that he taught math, computer science, English, social studies, and law, from the middle-school to university levels, at public and private schools in the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of Meet Every Learner’s Needs: Redesigning Instruction So All Learners Can Succeed and he hopes his children will learn in Modern Classrooms someday!
Resources from this episode:
1.meeteverylearnersneeds.org
2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-s-barnett/
3. book
4. Book giveaway : https://meln-form.paperform.co/?podcast=aal
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