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Re: Planning time / Block
From: Woody Duncan (wduncan_at_TeacherArtExchange)
When a Block is not a Block:
Jerry Vilenski wrote:
> I teach at the elementary level, and we have the day divided into 40 minute blocks.
40 minutes is a block of time but hardly a block schedule.
> At secondary level, I would welcome 90 minute classes. Problem is, only classes like ours, lab-type > classes such as shop, chemistry, art, music, drama, dance, etc., would really benifit from the extra > uninterrupted time. I would suggest that creeping through a 90 minute geography class would be > sheer hell for both the teacher and the student! I personally know several teachers that can
Teachers need training to learn to teach differently, if they just do
Just my opinion, I teach 42 minute classes. If we go to a block schedule
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