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Author
Publisher
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xi, 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Every teacher seeks to be an effective teacher. Every teacher wants to have a positive, remarkable, and lasting influence on students' lives. But what makes for an effective teacher? What role does teacher preparation play in teacher effectiveness? What do effective teachers do during planning, instruction, and assessment? How do they create a learning environment that engages and supports students? And how do effective teachers interact with their...
Author
Publisher
Anker Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
245 p. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
New college instructors often complain they are handed their working papers and office keys shortly after their appointments and then set adrift. Nilson (teaching effectiveness and innovation, Clemson U.) gives practical advice on preparing for classes, including ways to develop ironclad syllabi; setting expectations of and for students, including managing incivility; preserving academic honesty amongst a student population which is simply not interested...
Author
Publisher
Pearson/A & B
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
xi, 148 pages ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Teaching Actively is the follow-up to Mel Silberman's book Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject. Where Active Learning is the ultimate book of recipes for improving classroom teaching, Teaching Actively shows you how to become an exceptional chef. From engaging students to presenting brian-friendly instruction, Teaching Actively is an approach to teaching that you can use to dramatically improve learning in your classroom." "Teaching...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer is--it's not what teachers do, it's what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the special way teachers comprehend the subject and value human learning. Whether historians or physicists, in El Paso or St. Paul, the...
Author
Publisher
Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xiv, 177 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In this book you'll learn how to : tap into your passion as a teacher - even when you're less than excited about the subject ; develop creative presentations that capture your students' interest ; establish rapport and a sense of camaraderie in your classroom ; transform your class into a life-changing experience for your students. --from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xvii, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In Never Work Harder Than Your Students, Robyn Jackson makes a radical assertion: Any teacher can become a master teacher by developing a master teacher mindset. The master teacher mindset can be achieved by rigorously applying seven principles to your teaching until they become your automatic response to students in the classroom. The more you practice these seven principles, the more you begin to think like a master teacher: 1. Start where your...
Author
Publisher
Redleaf Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Contains suggestions for brain-based learning activities for children from birth to age eight, covering language, mathematics, science, art, motor skills, social and emotional development, music, and the environment, and describing the brain connections that are being supported with each activity.
Author
Publisher
Community College Press
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
viii, 199 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
What constitutes excellent teaching? To answer this question, these noted experts went straight to the thousands of teachers who have been recognized for excellence-recipients of teaching excellence awards-and asked them. Their answers, which the authors have put into context with history and research, make for a book that is as inspiring as it is informative, shedding new light on both the definable and the simply magical components of good teaching....
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xiii, 217 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Why are our educational institutions and practices such a poor fit for so many students? A Prison Called School addresses the complex issues that place many students at a disadvantage as they try to survive yet another hurdle in lifeschool. Although some students are able to navigate and succeed in the current system, other students struggle to survive a system that is unable to meet their needs. For those students, school can feel like a twelve-year...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
xlii, 613, 240b pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this volume, Routman continues the conversation she began in Invitations and further explores the full universe of an effective language arts and literacy program across the curriculum. Filled with an array of field-tested teaching ideas, detailed strategies, reviews of theory, teacher-crafted lessons, and lists of annotated resources. Conversations is all you need to become an informed, confident professional, sensitive to your students' needs...
Author
Publisher
NEA Professional Library
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
vii, 178 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reveals in great detail how educators closed the "performance gap" for low-income students by linking expectations and results. Drawing heavily on the words and experiences of students, teachers, and parents, this book describes how students who traditionally had not succeeded academically in school began to do so.
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