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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" 35 reviews
Alfie Kohn
Mariner Books, 2000
Excellent book
+ A fresh perspective on American education
This is a very insightful book that addresses the problems with the way children are taught today and how to fix those problems.
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Being Creative: The Challenge of Change in the Classroom (Delta Teacher Development Series)
Chaz Pugliese
Delta Publishing, 2010
Whether you are experienced or new to the classroom, this book reveals how teachers have the potential to become creative.
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The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How It Hurts Kids,and What It Will Take to Change It 2 reviews
Robert L. Fried
Jossey-Bass, 2005
Game of School by Robert Fried
The author gives the impression that the old teaching methods
are outmoded. This is not true in my experience. The standard
lecturing and case study methods are employed because their
use facilitates covering extensive bodies of material in a short
period of time. The work is correct in ...
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The Elements of Learning4 reviews
James M. Banner Jr., Professor Harold C. Cannon, ...
Yale University Press, 2001
An excellent guide to learning
+ qualities you need to learn and how to get them
+ An excellent guide to learning
Well, I do not know what the previous commenter was expecting from a book with this title, but it serves as and excellent guide to examining the essential qualities of learning. Learning is a skill which is not enhanced and developed in the public school systems here in the United States. As a ...
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Getting the Buggers to Behave
Sue Cowley
Continuum, 2006
"This book gives you advice on behaviour management that is easily accessible and equally easy to apply. After all, how many of us, snowed under with reports to write and lessons to plan, have time to wade through endless theory? This book provides plenty of information on the basic of behaviour management, lots of tips for controlling your classes, and ideas for managing the physical aspects of ...
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Fred Jones Tools for Teaching 63 reviews
Fredric H. Jones
Fredric H. Jones & Associates, 2000
first year or student teachers this book is for you!
+ Great Book - Great Service!
+ Tools for Teaching by Fred Jones
+ must-have for teachers!
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McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers 34 reviews
Marilla Svinicki, Wilbert J. McKeachie
Wadsworth Publishing, 2010
More than tips...
+ Nurse educator
+ Wonderful collection of practical tips and scholarly 'lore'
+ It is useful
+ Teaching Tips
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The Elements of Teaching9 reviews
James M. Banner Jr., Professor Harold C. Cannon
Yale University Press, 1999
Zen and the Art of the Elements of Teaching
+ A "livre de chevet"
+ Great teaching is walking a tightrope
+ Affirmation!
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Teaching Unplugged: Dogme in English Language Teaching
Luke Meddings, Scott Thornbury
Delta Publishing, 2009
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Motivating Students Who Don't Care: Successful Techniques for Educators13 reviews
Allen Mendler
Solution Tree, 2009
Motivation Students who don't care: Successful Techniques for Educators
+ Fast Delivery
+ Good tips for all
+ What I thought about "Motivating Students Who Don't Care"
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Motivational Strategies in the Language Classroom1 review
Zoltan Dornyei
Cambridge University Press, 2001
Valuable Book
this book is really invaluable as it is targeting a new dimension of L2 Motivation research i.e. (the use of motivational strategies in the actual classroom.)
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Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling28 reviews
John Taylor Gatto
New Society Publishers, 2010
THe book could CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!!
+ Eye-Opening
+ Good Read!
+ Awesome book- but needs a better editor
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Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
Zoltán Dörnyei, Tim Murphey
Cambridge University Press, 2004
Working, learning and living in groups is a central feature of humans, and therefore the study of groups - called group dynamics - is a vibrant academic field, overlapping diverse areas such as psychology, sociology, business studies and political science. It is also highly relevant to language education because the success of classroom learning is very much dependent on how students relate to ...
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Provoking Thought: Memory and Thinking in ELT5 reviews
Hall Houston
BookSurge Publishing, 2009
Practical, Inspiring, and Original
+ Provoking Thought - Provoking Better Teaching!
+ A Fresh and Interesting Way to View Teaching
+ An sightul, practical guide
+ Provoking Thought
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Pimp Your Lesson!: Prepare, Innovate, Motivate, Perfect (Practical Teaching Guides)
Isabella Wallace, Leah Kirkman
Continuum, 2007
Nothing strikes such fear into the heart of the over-worked, under-valued teacher as the prospect of inspection. Perhaps it is because we feel it often involves being measured against and inserted into a de-humanizing four-point scale. Few of us glow with pride when we are awarded the dubious title of SATISFACTORY; even more frustrating sometimes can be arriving second at the finishing line with ...
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Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College57 reviews
Doug Lemov
Jossey-Bass, 2010
Teach Like A Champion
+ Awesome book!
+ Excellent book
+ A guide that shouldn't be overlooked for any teacher who wants to keep improving
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Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction5 reviews
Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
Jossey-Bass, 2010
A triple threat to the achievement gap
+ Wonderful resource!
+ The Principal's Bible
+ Jenn David-Lang THE MAIN IDEA
+ Doug Lemov
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Super Teaching: Over 1000 Practical Strategies6 reviews
Corwin Press, 2008
Great Book for future Professors, and Trainers
+ Packs in over 1,000 strategies for teachers
+ No Child Left Behind made easy
+ Super Teaching Textbook
+ A teacher must have!
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Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students10 reviews
Kathleen Cushman, Lisa Delpit
New Press, 2005
Listening to the voices of kids!
+ Good for beginning teachers
+ Insight into students
I initially read this book as a study group member. I subsequently bought 5 more copies to share with teachers. The words of wisdom from these students would benefit any first time teacher from Elementary School to High School, and would benefit any teacher who needs a reminder of what to do or ...
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How To Teach So Students Remember5 reviews
Marilee Sprenger
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, 2005
Excellent professional resource
+ Practical tips for teachers!
+ Memory - basic to the learning process
+ helping students remember
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