New Teacher - When Catastrophe Strikes!

As a new teacher we are bound to have good days and bad days; but ultimately it is how we enjoy our great days and deal with our bad days that will make the difference of us loving or hating our jobs. As teachers we can have things that arise in our classrooms that seem like little catastrophes. These catastrophes can manifest into our day in many ways.

Guidance Counselors - Saviours in Disguise

Society transmits through the most effective means messages that are ultimately geared towards our change in perspectives, in habits and in self conviction. Most of us have somehow survived the 'claws' that have outstretched itself with only one purpose, transformation or detonation. Unfortunately many have not been lucky to make it to 'touchdown' and the result today are higher statistical reports of teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, alcoholics and loss of self.

Traveling Teddy Bears - Educating With Teddy Bears

The beginning of the school year is a tough time for everyone - students find it a major shift from their once carefree summer-time, parents need to get back into the routine of schedules, lunches, timetables and homework, and teachers are busy preparing classrooms, programming, schedules and completing other related teacher administrivia. The universal theme, or agent, that unites three parties in a cooperative learning environment is the focus of this article.

Traveling Teddy Bears Show Me the Math, Part 3C - Problem Solving and Math

Problem solving strategies are integral to our development and long term education. Implementing approaches and techniques to solve problems, especially in mathematics, provide a framework from which all things can be solved. This article reviews the third of three such methods that can be used by both parents and educators. They are reviewed based on the premise: What do you know? What do you need to know? And how do you get there?

Traveling Teddy Bears Show Me the Math, Part 3A - Problem Solving and Math

Problem solving strategies are integral to our development and long term education. Implementing approaches and techniques to solve problems, especially in mathematics, provide a framework from which all things can be solved. This article reviews one of three such problem solving methods that can be used by both parents and educators. The methods reviewed are based on the premise: What do you know? What do you need to know? And how do you get there?

Cappadocia - What's in a Name?

Turkey's Cappadocia is an ancient land in an ancient landscape. With borders that have stretched and condensed throughout history, a population that has altered with the passage of thousands of years of settlement and a primeval landscape of stunning rock formations, this is a fascinating land. With the popularity of holidays to Cappadocia soaring we thought we'd look at the origins of the name 'Cappadocia' and a little of the history of this incredible place.

Improve Your Math Through the Power of Subliminal Messages

Math is a language. A complex set of symbols on a page or blackboard with it's own unique set of grammatical rules and conventions. Unfortunately it isn't a language that can be picked up from your parents in the cradle like say French or Icelandic. So for many people, learning maths is a hard, sometimes embarrassingly painful and fruitless slog. Even the most basic arithmetic can be resisted in our unconscious mind as an irritating invader.