Teaching through Emotions

Teaching through Emotions

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Teaching through Emotions
Teaching through Emotions
Vulnerability

Vulnerability

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Betsy Burris
Sep 23, 2022
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Many, many years ago, a veteran teacher told me, “Students are a pack. If you show any sign of vulnerability, they’ll go for the

jugular.”

Wow.

How many teachers are protecting their jugulars by hiding their vulnerability? What does this self-protection mean for students and learning? If at least one teacher felt this way many years ago, well before COVID,…

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