Description
Book SynopsisThe book is both a call to action and a how-to guide to effective teaching. It is written in a readable, accessible style, yet it is supported by a wealth of knowledge and experience. The intended audience is aspiring and current secondary school teachers and administrators, curriculum directors, and college education professors, as well as lay people interested in practical progressive education. This book offers dozens of strategies and original ideas to enhance teaching all manner of students in all kinds of secondary schools.
Table of ContentsForeword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: What Are We Doing Today?
Chapter 2: Why Are We Doing This?
Chapter 3: Teaching to Your Students
Chapter 4: They Will Care For You When You Care For Them
Chapter 5: Sit Down and Shut Up: Secrets of Classroom Management
Chapter 6: The Classroom as a Home
Chapter 7: The Classroom as a Theater
Chapter 8: Highly Effective Assessment
Chapter 9: More Terrific Assignments
Chapter 10: Making and Keeping Parents Happy
Chapter 11: Building Relationships
Chapter 12: Coda: Joyful Teaching
Appendix
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
