Berkeley, March 3, 2019 4:05 PM Looking to the politics and to the daily life of people appearances, I only have conclude that primary success is to find the true and speak it. Coherence is a complicated aspect in life. It is more important to fight in life for what is practical and good for […]
Time and debts
Berkeley, Friday March 1, 2019 2:06 PM (for few minutes) and later continued at 4:10 PM I was born in a family, where there were not overdue payments. More than a solvency or acquisition potential, the key aspects was organization. My elementary school, mid-school, and high school fees were paid in the first day of […]
Energy
Berkeley, Friday, February 22, 2019 2:02 PM Edited/Finished on Saturday, February 23, 2019 11:59 AM Energy, one of the greatest virtues in life. Otherwise, things are not moved forward. While intelligence, determination, perseverance, strategy are important as well to get things done. I have found that energy does not only helps to get things done, […]
How many things do I learn just in my daily interactions in the street
Berkeley, December 29, 2018 8:15 AM Every single person has goals in life. Those goals become more serious when they are related with love and need. It can be at the family level, or love for purpose in society which also exists. I did a short visit of 6 days to Ecuador for Christmas and […]
Annotations from Epilogue, What can we learn from them?, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Wednesday December 12, 2018 12:16 PM It might sound a weak closing remarks of the book, but actually is simple and powerful, everyone cares about teaching, and everyone things that they do a little more for it than the next one in line, from professors through department chairs, to deans, provosts, and presidents. They […]
Annotations from Chapter 7, How do they treat their students?, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Wednesday December 12, 2018 11:55 AM Assessing students The teachers in the study used assessment to help students to learn, not just to rate and rank their efforts. Practices Evaluation is use to find out as much as possible about their students, “not so I can make judgements about them,” one instructor explained, “but […]
Annotations from Chapter 6, How do they treat their students?, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Wednesday December 12, 2018 11:28 AM In an interview to one of the professors of the study, he said: “The most important aspect of my teaching is the relationship of trust that develops between me and my students” That trust meant that the teachers believed students wanted to learn, and they assumed until proven […]
Annotations from Chapter 5, How do they conduct class?, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Tuesday December 11, 2018 10:03 PM Bain (2004) identified seven common principles in the teachers that were part of his study. 1. Create Natural Critical Learning Environment People tend to learn most effectively when (i) they are trying to solve problems that they find intriguing, beautiful, or important; (ii) they are able to do […]
Back to blogging
Berkeley, Sunday December 9, 2018 11:10 PM I am facing the finals week of the Fall semester. Some big challenges are coming back. While a book review is coming a minor challenge, in comparison with a prospectus, to be done by tomorrow, and my oral qualification exam, which are on Friday, writing the book has […]
Annotations from Chapter 4, What the best college teachers do, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Sunday, November 4, 2018 10:20 PM Chapter 4. What do the best teachers expect from their students? As a tradition with previous chapters, I still want to write here my take-aways and annotations I remember from this chapter, although, I finished it one week ago. Take aways: Avoid stereotype a group of people of […]
