Listen "Universal Truths about Teaching with Carmen Scoggins"
Episode Synopsis
#185What have you learned about your teaching throughout your years of experience? Do you take time to look introspectively at what works well for you and why so that you can replicate it? In this episode, Carmen Scoggins, a Spanish teacher in North Carolina, joins me to talk us through her 5 universal truths about teaching. Though our personal experiences and truths may be a little different, hearing how Carmen frames her universal truths provides an effective framework for articulating our own, and the benefits of doing it. Topics in this Episode:what Carmen means by "Universal Truths about Teaching" and how she discovered themthe key universal truths Carmen believes are essential for teachers to understand and embracehow these universal truths apply specifically to the context of world language teachingexamples of how these truths have influenced Carmen's own teaching practices and student outcomeswhy and how teachers can incorporate these universal truths into their teaching philosophy and practiceConnect with Carmen Scoggins:Instagram:@srtascoggdawgTwitter/X: @carmenscogginsFacebook: /carmen.scogginsConnect with Joshua and the World Language Classroom Community: wlclassrom.comX (aka Twitter): @wlclassroomThreads: @wlclassroomInstagram: @wlclassroomFacebook: /wlclassroomWLClassroom Facebook Group__________________________Interested in having Joshua work directly with your department, school or district? Look at options for collaborating in person or remotely.______________________________Sign up for Talking Points to get tips, tools and resources for your language teaching.______________________________Join Joshua as a guest on the podcast.______________________________Join Joshua for a Leveling Up Coaching Episode on the podcast. Send me a text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast.
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