Spring 2020
Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices & Perspectives
In this issue of Kaleidoscope, the power is in the details. Take a dive into the finer points of curriculum design, teacher collaboration, and the language of science instruction—up close and personal.
From the Editors’ Desk
Teaching Means More than Teachers will Ever Know
A letter from a student changes one teacher’s perception of the power of community.
In This Issue
Call and Response: What is Your Teacher Superpower?
We asked teachers in the Knowles community to reply to this prompt: “We know that what the non-teaching world thinks of as teacher superpowers are not the superpowers we teachers know to be effective in the classroom. So, we want to know: What is your teacher superpower?” Here are their responses.
Lessons in Language
A look at language use in my science classroom through an inquiry lens.
The Team, The Team, The Team
One teacher reflects on how a shared space impacted her team’s work together.
Teaching Climate Science and Resilience with Computer Simulations
Computer simulations are a powerful method for students to explore and understand how their actions can help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Now on Teacher Voice: Changing Careers
In this episode of Teacher Voice: The Podcast, we talk with teachers who have come to teaching after having a different career. What was it that drew these career changers to the teaching profession?
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About Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope strives to provide readers and writers a public space for discourse and dialogue about the knowledge and expertise of teachers and the complexity of our profession. We believe that teachers are well-positioned to improve education in their classrooms and beyond, and we know the power that storytelling and knowledge sharing can hold in the process of transforming educational outcomes for students.
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Revisit past issues of Kaleidoscope Journal, published biannually in the spring and fall.
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