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Teaching that Matters
Engaging Minds, Improving Schools
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2014
Summary
Teaching that Matters invites principals and teachers to make changes that will allow all students to succeed. Thoms urges administrators and teachers to reconsider traditional practices in light of today’s media-driven culture and digitally wired students. While sensitive to the challenges schools face Thoms is relentless in offering strategies to meet these challenges. Rather than focus on improving test scores, Teaching that Matters advocates that teachers teach to a child’s whole symphony, not only to one note. If students only learn to succeed on bubble tests, they will not have opportunities to discover their true potential. Thoms sees the teaching process as a joint venture between teacher and student where the teacher brings learning to the student and, at the same time, brings the student to the learning. This process demands at least as much listening as talking, a new habit that teachers and principals need to learn. By meeting innovative principals and teachers who engage students, this book will help you to learn to change traditional classroom practices into exciting alternatives.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-1413-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-1414-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
183
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Foreword No access
Introduction No access
Chapter One: Confidentiality: End Classroom Isolation No access
Chapter Two: Dialogue: Build Teacher-Administrator Relationships No access
Chapter Three: Coaching: Provide Nonjudgmental Teacher Support No access
Chapter Four: Lessons: Create Ambiguity to Stimulate Thinking No access
Chapter Five: Conversation: Make Time for Reflective Talking and Listening No access
Chapter Six: Research: Bring Brain Research Into the Classroom No access
Chapter Seven: Sabbaths: Take Occasions to Turn Off Electronic Devices No access
Chapter Eight: Symphony: Teach to the Whole Child No access
Chapter Nine: Recruit: Make Schools Safe for All Students No access
Chapter Ten: In the Classroom No access
Chapter Eleven: Beyond the Classroom No access
Chapter Twelve: Purge PowerPoint: See the Emperor Without His Clothes No access
Chapter Thirteen: Everything Has Its Own Speed: Don’t Kill the Butterfly No access
Chapter Fourteen: The Four Agreements: Find Your Center No access
Chapter Fifteen: Letter to Alicia: Celebrate Your Uniqueness No access
Chapter Sixteen: Letter to Peter: Be Yourself No access
Chapter Seventeen: Letter to Pamela: Make Relationships Your Priority No access
Chapter Eighteen: Replace Factory Model Schools: Eliminate Debilitating Hierarchies No access
Chapter Nineteen: Invoke a New Paradigm: Make Trust and Respect the Centerpiece of Schools No access
