Fire in the Classroom
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and the Craft of Teaching- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2022
Summary
Fire in the Classroom: Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and the Craft of Teaching explores important avenues for teachers to become better at the craft of teaching by improving their skills and understanding in areas such as utilizing experiential learning, becoming more adept at improvisation, addressing all learning styles of students, recognizing and acting upon the teachable moment, developing and delivering engaging lectures, and effectively incorporating outside speakers in their courses. This book emphasizes the necessity for teachers to create classrooms that ignite a desire to learn and a willingness to be taught amongst all their students.
Fire in the Classroom ultimately shows teachers and their students how to think more creatively and act more entrepreneurially. It provides the know-how, techniques, and activities that enable teachers to enhance their teaching abilities and renew their joy in teaching. With insightful observations, compelling stories, and specific curriculum recommendations, this book serves as a guide to make the learning process for both teachers and their students more engaging, interactive, and exciting.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2022
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-6765-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-6767-1
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 124
- Product type
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Foreword No access
- Preface No access
- Introduction No access
- Becoming a Teacher No access
- Learning Styles No access
- The Teachable Moment No access
- Learning and Teaching No access Pages 19 - 20
- The Creative Classroom No access
- Anything Different Is Good No access
- Say, “Yes, And” No access
- Creativity and Teaching No access Pages 47 - 48
- Oh, No! A Lecture! No access
- Experience Onstage No access
- Always Know Where Your Head Is At No access
- Teaching for Excitement No access Pages 83 - 84
- What Makes Yoda So Good? No access
- Epilogue No access
- Beyond the Classroom No access Pages 95 - 96
- Further Reading No access Pages 97 - 98
- Acknowledgments No access Pages 99 - 100
- Appendix: Exhibits 1-10 No access Pages 101 - 118
- Notes No access Pages 119 - 122
- About the Author No access Pages 123 - 124





