Description
Book SynopsisEven the best, most accomplished teachers make (sometimes big) mistakes. But as the experts and authority figures in their classrooms, teachers face myriad pressures to have all the answers and, in some cases, to work miracles. This book brings together first-hand stories from classrooms across the globe of hard-won lessons stemming from teachers' mistakes and failures both small and colossal to show how becoming expert actually necessitates failure. It's through their mistakes that the most successful people arrive at greatness.
Failure Before Success brings together accounts from everyone from a world-renowned Finnish education scholar and global policy advisor to distinguished professors of education to veteran teachers with decades of experience working in the complex field of teaching. While there are silver bullet books for teachers on the market, none match the comfort Failure Before Success offers by telling the stories of how some of the most accomplished in th
Table of Contents
Foreword: David Reinking
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Chapter 1: Learning to Become Culturally Responsive: Teaching on an Indian Reservation
Anna Baldwin
Chapter 2: Recognizing (Neuro)Diverse Perspectives in the English Language Arts Classroom
Christopher Bass
Chapter 3: Manuel’s T-shirt: Learning a Hard Lesson about Student Poverty
Kip Téllez
Chapter 4: Semantic Snafu: How I Learned to Choose My Words Carefully
Chris Anson
PART II: REFRAMING ASSUMPTIONS
Chapter 5: Grading and Gate-Keeping
Andy Boyle
Chapter 6: On Teaching and Toolsheds: Role Reversal on the Construction Site
Mike Land
Chapter 7: Assumptions and Acceptance in Rural Pennsylvania
Sarah Cheatle
Chapter 8: Discomfort Zone: Overcoming Ethnocentricity and Implicit Biases in Teaching
Lisa Power
PART III: FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS AND ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS
Chapter 9: Be a Voice for the Voiceless
Beth Jarzabek
Chapter 10: Learning to Fly: Why Developing Student Voice Matters
Jane Saunders
Chapter 11: Learning from Nuts and Bolts: Listening to Yourself and Your Learners
Katherine Baker
Chapter 12: Safe Havens, Love, and Connection: Learning to Co-Teach Effectively
Darius Montez Phelps
Chapter 13: There Is No Ethos: How I Learned to Overcome Entitlement and Gain Student Trust
Mark DiMauro
PART IV: CREATING RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT LEARNING
Chapter 14: Trigger Warnings
Alaina Smith
Chapter 15: Dealing with Math Anxiety
Bobson Wong
Chapter 16: Interrupting Binary Thinking in a Trauma-Informed Elementary Classroom
Kate Haq
Chapter 17: Learning to Overcome Dysfunctional Independence
Pete Warner
PART V - PEDAGOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS
Chapter 18: Missteps in Middle School English: Moving Beyond Classroom Management and Content Mastery
Troy Hicks
Chapter 19: The Power of the Mistake: Missteps and Instructional Decisions in Teaching Mathematics
Beth Kobett
Chapter 20: Beyond Finding and Fixing Error: Responding to Student Work
Sara Heaser
Chapter 21: Lesson Plans Would Be So Easy If It Weren’t For the Students
Debbie Silver
Chapter 22: The Limits of Teacher Preparation: Learning to Make Pedagogy Actionable
Pasi Sahlberg
Discussion Questions for Readers
About the Editor
About the Contributors
