An educator's guide to understanding the personal side of students' lives / William L. Fibkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fibkins, William L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher-student relationships.

High school students--Psychology.

High school students.

Physical Description:

iii, 280 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Summary:

An Educator's Guide to Better Understanding the Personal Side of Students' Lives is a road map on how the education community can elevate the teacher's advising role, the most underutilized helping resource in the school, to its rightful place as the primary source of academic and non-academic help for students.

Contents:

The need for teachers to understand the personal side of their students' lives

Why the subject mastery role has overshadowed the pedagogy role of teachers

Why today's students need the personal involvement and understanding of teachers in their lives

The reality of family life for adolescents

Preparing secondary school teachers to be effective advisers and adult role models.

Notes:

"A ScarecrowEducation book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and index.

ISBN:

1578860571

OCLC:

52079743