Valuable and innovative classroom management strategies fill this indispensable guide to effective teaching. Explained in an easy-to-follow, concise format, each 2–3-page strategy includes a brief introductory scenario illustrating the technique's usefulness in the classroom, steps to implementing the strategy, a discussion of potential problems and suggestions for managing them, and viable ideas for adapting the techniques to fit different teaching situations.
With one foot still in the childish, fun-loving, game-playing stage and the other foot cautiously stepping into a world of more choices and greater responsibilities, fourth-sixth grade students will light up at this creative collection. The sixty-one activities blend the guidance, wisdom, and the practical skills of building assets in their changing lives with engaging fun. Sampling of Activities: Creative Kindness, Where Does the Time Go? Manners Marathon, 'Cape'-Abilities, Take Me to Your Reader.
In this second edition of the book that has become a classic in the field, award-winning author Stephen D. Brookfield offers inspiration and down-to-earth advice to new and seasoned teachers. The Skillful Teacher is a comprehensive guide that shows how to thrive on the unpredictability and diversity of classroom life and includes insights developed from the hundreds of workshops conducted by the author. This new edition also reflects the many changes that have come about in the decade since the book was first published and includes new chapters that ...
