Eight Essentials for Empowered Teaching and Learning, K-8: Bringing Out the Best in Your Students

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Synopsis
Inspirational and practical, this book focuses on the quality of teaching and learning in elementary and middle school classrooms and helps teachers and students find more joy, satisfaction, and meaning in their work.Experienced teacher Steve Reifman defines a quality classroom in reader-friendly terms, explains how to measure quality, and covers the conditions under which all students are empowered to reach their full potential. The author synthesizes key concepts from the fields of education, psychology, management, and personal growth to arrive at the eight essential elements of teaching, including realistic goal setting, assessment-oriented instruction, parent involvement, and teacher leadership. Written in an engaging personal voice and drawing upon the work of experts such as Stephen Covey, Howard Gardner, Ted Sizer, William Glasser, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Alfie Kohn, and Alan Blakenstein, this resourcePromotes student motivation and a classroom environment of trust and respectBuild higher-level thinking and group problem solving into the curriculumPresents classroom applications, examples, anecdotes, and reproducible pagesFeatures ideas from practicing teaching for putting these essential ideas to work in the classroomEight Essentials for Empowered Teaching and Learning, K-8 motivates student teachers, beginning teachers, and veteran educators to become the most effective instructors they can be and achieve the best learning outcomes possible for their students.
Copyright:
2008

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
192 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781510737013
Related ISBNs:
9781510736955
Publisher:
Skyhorse
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Copyrighted By:
Skyhorse Publishing
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Education, Language Arts, Philosophy, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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