Author: Will Ryan Publisher: Crown House Publishing ISBN: 184590723X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
What is it that Inspirational teachers do differently? In short, they plan for their pupils to be inspirational. Many teachers who join the teaching profession do so because they were taught by inadequate teachers and they feel they can provide a far better and more exciting education for youngsters than they received themselves. Whereas other teachers speak with clarity of detail about stimulating and influential teachers who inspired their lives and now they want to do the same. This book is an examination of what our most inspirational teachers do in order to get creative and inspirational responses from children. It aims to put fun back into teaching, provide a framework for creativity in the twenty first century and act as a book of hope for the new curriculum proposals.
Author: David Hodgson Publisher: Crown House Publishing ISBN: 184590429X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 203
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A collection of activities developed and used with teenagers all over the country that are short, easy to follow and engaging. They can be used as one off activities to spice up a session or can be put together to form one hour lessons or even whole day events. There are suggested combinations of activities to suit different topi such as PSHE, Successful Revision/Learning, SEAL.
Author: Debra K. Meyer Publisher: IAP ISBN: 1648023681 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 299
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Helping teachers understand and apply theory and research is one of the most challenging tasks of teacher preparation and professional development. As they learn about motivation and engagement, teachers need conceptually rich, yet easy-to-use, frameworks. At the same time, teachers must understand that student engagement is not separate from development, instructional decision-making, classroom management, student relationships, and assessment. This volume on teaching teachers about motivation addresses these challenges. The authors share multiple approaches and frameworks to cut through the growing complexity and variety of motivational theories, and tie theory and research to real-world experiences that teachers are likely to encounter in their courses and classroom experiences. Additionally, each chapter is summarized with key “take away” practices. A shared perspective across all the chapters in this volume on teaching teachers about motivation is “walking the talk.” In every chapter, readers will be provided with rich examples of how research on and principles of classroom motivation can be re-conceptualized through a variety of college teaching strategies. Teachers and future teachers learning about motivation need to experience explicit modeling, practice, and constructive feedback in their college courses and professional development in order to incorporate those into their own practice. In addition, a core assumption throughout this volume is the importance of understanding the situated nature of motivation, and avoiding a “one-size-fits” all approach in the classroom. Teachers need to fully interrogate their instructional practices not only in terms of motivational principles, but also for their cultural relevance, equity, and developmental appropriateness. Just like P-12 students, college students bring their histories as learners and beliefs about motivation to their formal study of motivation. That is why college instructors teaching motivation must begin by helping students evaluate their personal beliefs and experiences. Relatedly, college instructors need to know their students and model differentiating their interactions to support each of them. The authors in this volume have, collectively, decades of experience teaching at the college level and conducting research in motivation, and provide readers with a variety of strategies to help teachers and future teachers explore how motivation is supported and undermined. In each chapter in this volume, readers will learn how college instructors can demonstrate what effective, motivationally supportive classrooms look, sound, and feel like.
Author: Carol Pelletier Radford Publisher: Corwin Press ISBN: 1071822675 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
Illuminate your education path with uplifting lessons and mindful living practices. It takes courage, positivity, and passion to thrive as a teacher. This vivid and inspirational guide offers educators practical wisdom and strategies to promote their wellbeing and balance. Carol Pelletier Radford shares 10 important lessons she has learned in a long career as an educator that can help you build a fulfilling and lifelong career in education. In each lesson, readers will find: • Stories of resilience from classroom teachers • Self-care tips and assessments • Podcasts with inspiring teachers and leaders who have lived out the 10 lessons • Reading plans for teachers, teacher teams, and mentor/mentee pairs • Ways to dive deeper with additional companion website resources Teaching With Light equips courageous teachers with the tools they need to take care of themselves so they can serve their students, step into leadership, and contribute to the education profession.
Author: Robert A. Sullo Publisher: National Education Association ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 174
Book Description
This book provides educators with information on how to become an inspiring teacher. Nine chapters look at: (1) "The Qualities of an Inspiring Teacher" (e.g., passion for learning, lifelong learners, and actions match words); (2) "Choice Theory" (genetic instructions affecting behavior, the quality world, and perception); (3) "Brain-Based Learning" (e.g., brain information for the nonspecialist, memory, and multiple intelligences); (4) "Developmental Issues" (e.g., theory of human development, stages of moral reasoning, and gender and gender bias); (5) "Inspiring Your Students" (e.g., building the classroom community, the first day of school, and working with a purpose); (6) "Inspiring Your Colleagues" (e.g., walk the talk, preserving individual style, and making connections beyond the building); (7) "Forging an Alliance with Parents" (e.g., intimidation, fear, condescending behaviors, and parent experts in the classroom); (8) "Conflict Management" (achieving a win/win result and when conflict resolution is not an option); and (9) "Time Management" (e.g., student evaluation, teacher as facilitator, and effective use of paraprofessionals). (Contains 45 bibliographic references.) (SM)
Author: Jonathan Smith Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1405520000 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 203
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We are all caught up in our children's lives. We all remember our own schooldays and, as parents, we watch anxiously as our children go through it. As we look at the world of teaching from the outside we wonder not only what is going on but what we can do to help. Jonathan Smith, a born teacher and writer, takes us on his personal journey from his first days as a pupil through to the challenges of his professional and private life on the other side of the desk. He makes us feels what it is like to be a teacher facing the joys and the battles of a class. How do you influence a child? He describes how you catch and stretch their minds. What difference can a teacher make, or how much damage can he do? Should clever pupils teach themselves? What works in the classroom world and what does not? And while influencing the young, how do you develop yourself, how do you teach yourself to keep another life and find that elusive balance? This is a compelling and combative story, warmly anecdotal in approach, yet as sharp in its views of the current debates as it is sensitive in its psychological understanding. From the first page to the last, and without a hint of jargon, this inspiring book rings true.
Author: Sharon Feiman-Nemser Publisher: ISBN: 9781612507248 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 0
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The onesize-fits-all model of traditional teacher education programmes has been widely criticized, yet the most popular alternative - fast-track programs - have at best a mixed record of success. There is a third option: "grow-your-own" teacher preparation programmes tailored to specific school contexts and the needs of the populations they serve. In Inspiring Teaching, Sharon Feiman-Nemser and her colleagues investigate this "context specific" approach to teacher education.
Author: Robert D. Ramsey Publisher: Corwin Press ISBN: 1483361969 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 145
Book Description
The complete uplifting guide for every teacher to enrich each day and a career in teaching! All teachers need encouragement, affirmation, support, and to be reminded that they are part of a noble profession. Best-selling author Robert D. Ramsey has been an avid collector of inspirational quotes, notes, anecdotes, reflections, testimonials, and tributes for educators, and his new collection provides potentially career-saving homework for the soul of every teacher. This easy-to-read, but hard-to-forget anthology is full of powerful reminders that there is no such thing as "only a teacher." The contents of this uplifting resource have been carefully harvested by an educator for educators and are designed to: Help belabored and beleaguered educators jump start their careers Reclaim their professional pride Rekindle their passion for teaching Get the grit to press on against all odds Inspirational Quotes, Notes, & Anecdotes That Honor Teachers and Teaching makes a strong unified statement all teachers need to hear!
Author: Andrew S. Palumbo Publisher: BalboaPress ISBN: 1452535019 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 61
Book Description
Prosperous Teaching Prosperous Learning is the beginning of an educational shift. This shift is about educators actively embarking on a journey that allows them to discover their power in fostering genuine individuality in the children that we teach. Now is the time to embrace this paradigm shift that will be the inspiration of teaching for all of our children for years to come. It is time for us to be the heroes of the 21st centuryLet us take back our power as educators and show the world that we know what is best for our children!
Author: Will Ryan
Author: David Hodgson
Author: Debra K. Meyer
Author: Carol Pelletier Radford
Author: Robert A. Sullo
Author: Jonathan Smith
Author: Sharon Feiman-Nemser
Author: Robert D. Ramsey
Author: Andrew S. Palumbo
Author: Brian Thornton