William Lambert's Blog – June 2009 Archive (3)

Teaching Technique_ the Reverse Field Trip.



I was assigned to a new school. On my first day the principal said. “I have heard of you, you like to take the students on field trips, there will be no field trips at this school.” I have never met the principal before, but his comments did not affect me whatsoever.

My concern is how can I best educate my students? I knew that the lecture method is the technique that is least likely to achieve the results I wanted. I was guilty of the… Continue

Teaching Technique-Call and Response

This is not a NEW Idea. But I have not seen it used in Public Schools. It worked marvelously



for me. I encourage all teachers to give it a try. It Works!



First a little history of the concept.

You have probably seen (on TV) an army group marching, whereas the leader calls out a verbal



command and the entire group responds with some verbal reply.

You have seen a football and/or a basketball team get in a circle,… Continue

Teaching Techniques-Coach



This will not work for everybody. But it worked for a dear friend of mine. Let us just call him Bob. Bob was the only Caucasian in an all Black school. He was also the only male.

He was 5’6” and weighed 130 pounds. He explained to me that the female teachers in the school were excellent teachers and they were demanding and hard on the students. He said they were ideal mother figures and ruled with an iron hand. He explained that he was reluctant to use… Continue