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

Reifman, Steve

ISBN 10: 1510736956 / ISBN 13: 9781510736955

Editore: Skyhorse, 2018

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• Titolo: 8 Essentials for Empowered Teaching & Learning K-8 : Bringing Out the Best in Your Students
• Editore: Skyhorse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1510736956
• ISBN 13: 9781510736955
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

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 resource

Promotes student motivation and a classroom environment of trust and respect

Build higher-level thinking and group problem solving into the curriculum

Presents classroom applications, examples, anecdotes, and reproducible pages

Features ideas from practicing teaching for putting these essential ideas to work in the classroom

Eight 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.

Informazioni sull?autore

Steve Reifman has been an elementary school teacher for more than 13 years. He has experience working with students in all of the elementary grades, and he has taught in both public and private schools. Currently, Reifman teaches third grade at Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica, California.