Why Are We Still Doing That? Changing Practices That Undermine Learning

Curriculum Design & Lesson Planning

Why Are We Still Doing That? Changing Practices That Undermine Learning

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In this Webinar

Have you ever noticed how certain teaching practices refuse to go away, even after being discredited because they are ineffective or potentially harmful? In this webinar, Pérsida Himmele and William Himmele will present various educational practices that persist despite
a lack of credible support for their use. They’ll present the problems associated with these teaching practices and then identify healthy and positive alternatives and strategies that can help educators reach their intended goals in a way that supports student achievement and well-being.

About the presenter

Pérsida Himmele, PhD, is a professor of Teacher Education at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, where she has taught for more than 20 years. She has 10 years of public school experience as an elementary and middle school bilingual and multilingual classroom teacher in New York and California, as well as a district administrator in Pennsylvania.

She has been a consultant to various school districts, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and educational entities around the world. She is the co-author of several ASCD books and resources, including Total Participation Techniques, 3rd Edition.

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William Himmele, PhD, is a professor of Teacher Education at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, where he has taught for more than 20 years. He was an ESL teacher and speech pathologist in New York and California. He has served as a university coordinator, creating and implementing teacher education courses and programs aimed at supporting multilingual learners' academic and sociolinguistic development in K–12 classrooms.

He has been a consultant to various school districts and educational entities around the world. He is the co-author of several ASCD books and resources, including Total Participation Techniques, 3rd Edition.

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Topics covered

Curriculum Design & Lesson Planning

Teaching Strategies

Why Are We Still Doing That? Positive Alternatives to Problematic Teaching Practices

Old habits die hard, particularly when they are part of the unexamined norms of schooling. In Why Are We Still Doing That?, the best-selling authors of Total Participation Techniques lead a teacher-positive, empathetic inquiry into 16 common educational practices that can undermine student learning:

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