To qualify as teaching, the teacher must also modify his or her behaviour by tailoring lessons based on the performance of the student.
Barnett said larger class sizes make it difficult to be an effective teacher, because it's harder to tailor lessons to so many students' specific skill levels.
In the biggest school district in the country, it is impossible to tailor lessons to each and every student -- kids come from every country on the planet.
We wanted to remind people of these skills, such as the art of keeping control of 30 children and tailoring lesson plans to children of all different abilities.
This included adding relevant Tennessee State Standards to the start of each lesson and in some cases, tailoring lesson plans (Additional file 1) to fit specifically with our fossil kits.
Albert has tailored the lessons for his more humorous personality, for the specifics that are not required on TV and for the often renowned partners he teases.
The teachers who inspired me in high school were those who tailored their lessons to the students before them, who used the best of the knowledge they had acquired in their own educations and who were free to concentrate on curriculum of their choice -- not one mandated by a state capital or the federal government.
School districts nationwide are increasingly using digital technologies that collect and analyze academic and other details about students in an effort to tailor lessons to the individual child.
A "wiki" approach to designing the curriculum that would allow teachers and experts to collaborate in tailoring lessons for schools is being proposed by the education secretary, Michael Gove.
Teachers get more empowered, as they can respond to students and tailor lessons.
