Strategies for Teachers: Balancing Opinions and Critical Thinking

An English teacher can balance openness and student independence by encouraging critical thinking, presenting diverse viewpoints, using “I” statements, facilitating discussions, providing context, modeling open-mindedness, assigning reflective writing, and setting guidelines.

Positive Organizational Scholarship

Positive organizational scholarship (POS) points us to a positive reality. In this paper, I briefly explain the definition, topics, benefits, and criticisms of POS.  Definitions. Positive Psychology emerged in 1998 during APA’s convention, the theme of which was prevention research contrasted with focus on problem and response research (Seligman, & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). A concise definition of positiveContinueContinue reading “Positive Organizational Scholarship”

Challenges in Public Education Writing Instruction

Public education faces challenges in literacy, particularly in writing instruction, due to inconsistent curriculum standards, insufficient teacher training, high-stakes testing, limited resources, neglect of diverse needs, lack of interdisciplinary integration, and inadequate feedback opportunities.

75 Bottles of Gratitude on the Wall, 75 Bottles of Gratitude, Ya Take One Down, Pass It Around…

Practicing gratitude enhances mental health, relationships, resilience, empathy, and overall well-being through reflection and appreciation.