It was 1960 and I had just moved to Oklahoma and taken a professor position at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. While being...

Jackie’s world changes significantly as she starts and progresses through our world of schooling. She is now in a system where she is...

Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family! We hope you are enjoying a great season in the company of family and friends. We want to...

Making mistakes is an integral, essential part of learning - if you are not making mistakes, you are not pushing the limits and not...

On November 11, 1918, World War I, “the war to end all wars”, ended with an armistice (agreement) that the war was ended. On November,...

Blooms Taxonomy.pdf Benjamin Bloom created this taxonomy to help instructors identify learning objectives and design learning...

Each of you students will choose a project to complete. This project will be directly related to the content and objectives of this...

This week I am inviting you to be a student in my classroom. I have edited a copy of the syllabus that I used with your graduate level...

I hear a few of you coaches/teachers saying, “That’s a nice set of philosophical beliefs but how can we do those things in our...

In the next few weeks I want to invite you into my classroom – just the way I taught elementary, junior high school, and college...

With a few seconds left in the conference championship football game, the Shadyside High School Oaks are down 7 points to the Kingston...

I am an American. I am 98 years old - My three departed older brothers and I are World War veterans - We are the sons of immigrants....

I have a concern when I see spectators cheering when opponents commit errors, fail to play well, or even suffer an injury. Instead of...

To our Readers: This is the kind of letter I like to send out to the parents of a new team of young players. You may use this any way you...

I am 98 years old and a veteran of World War II. I was in the US Navy; my three older brothers were in the US Army. I have been a History...

Mentor The word “mentor” comes from Greek mythology. Mentor was the name of the wise and trusted counselor of Odysseus. When Odysseus...

Our expectations as students are that the knowing individual – the Teacher – will feed us – the Learners - what we need to learn and will...

I’m a Teacher I’m a Scholar I’m a Coach The next twelve years of My Three Lives (1955 – 1967) was extremely chaotic and...

In the last segment of my blog last week, I pointed out that coaching, by its very nature, uses progressive player-centered learning. So,...

Educational Philosophy is simply a description of our goals and beliefs as we have our young people grow and learn. It is based on deep...