Teaching Outside the Box : how to grab your students by their brains
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TextPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass: a Wiley imprint, 2011. Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 297 p. ; 23.5 cmISBN: 978-0-470-90374-2 (pbk.)Subject(s): Books | Brain | Classroom TechniquesDDC classification: TRRC 371.102 JOH Summary: This second edition of the bestselling book includes practical suggestions for arranging your classroom, talking to students, avoiding the misbehavior cycle, and making your school a place where students learn and teachers teach. The book also contains enlivening q & a from teachers, letters from students, and tips for grading. This new edition has been expanded to include coverage of the following topics: discipline, portfolio assessments, and technology in the classroom. It includes engaging questions for reflection at the end of each chapter and contains a wealth of practical tools that support stellar classroom instruction. The following chapters are contained in this book: (1) Dear Teacher: An Open Letter; (2) Are You Teacher Material? (3) Do Your Homework; (4) The Big Three: Preparation, Preparation, Preparation; (5) Start with a Smile; (6) Discipline Is Not a Dirty Word; (7) The Three Rs: Reading, Reading, Reading; (8) Light and Learning; (9) Foods for Thought; (10) Top Twelve Motivational Strategies; (11) The Posse Update; and (12) Twenty Years from Now. [For the first edition of "Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains",
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Includes Bibliographical References and Index.
This second edition of the bestselling book includes practical suggestions for arranging your classroom, talking to students, avoiding the misbehavior cycle, and making your school a place where students learn and teachers teach. The book also contains enlivening q & a from teachers, letters from students, and tips for grading. This new edition has been expanded to include coverage of the following topics: discipline, portfolio assessments, and technology in the classroom. It includes engaging questions for reflection at the end of each chapter and contains a wealth of practical tools that support stellar classroom instruction. The following chapters are contained in this book: (1) Dear Teacher: An Open Letter; (2) Are You Teacher Material? (3) Do Your Homework; (4) The Big Three: Preparation, Preparation, Preparation; (5) Start with a Smile; (6) Discipline Is Not a Dirty Word; (7) The Three Rs: Reading, Reading, Reading; (8) Light and Learning; (9) Foods for Thought; (10) Top Twelve Motivational Strategies; (11) The Posse Update; and (12) Twenty Years from Now. [For the first edition of "Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains",
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