Exciting classrooms : practical information to ensure student success / Frank Thoms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thoms, Frank, 1938- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reflective teaching.

Classroom environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Frank Thoms writes with passion to invite principals and teachers to make changes that will allow all students to succeed. In this book he urges them to reconsider traditional practices in light of today's media-driven culture and digitally wired students. Exciting Classrooms is sensitive to the challenges schools face and is relentless in offering strategies to meet these challenges.

Contents:

Cover-Page; Halftitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Meet Dan Hilliard; Preface; Introduction; Part I: What Can We Do Immediately?; 1 Implement 10-2 Thinking; 2 Instill Skills; 3 Teach Literacy; 4 Design Invitations; 5 Make Meaning; Part II: How Can We Expand Our Teaching Practice?; 6 See the Big Picture; 7 Search for Wisdom; 8 Stay Current; 9 Seek the Higher Road; Part III: What Must We Change?; 10 Abolish Tracking; 11 Abandon the Crabs in the Cage; 12 Stop the Interruptions; 13 End One-Size-Fits-All Teaching; Part IV: What Can We Learn from Beyond the Culture of Schools?

14 Become a Gadfly15 Leverage Tipping Points; 16 Teach As If; 17 Take the Long View; 18 Imagine the Ideal; 19 Invoke the Cosmos; Part V: How Do We Find Our Calling?; 20 Grow Our Seeds; 21 Rethink Our Philosophy; 22 Achieve Our Dreams; 23 Become Stakeholders; 24 Begin at the End; CODA: Make a Difference; Epilogue: Hidden Expectations; Appendix: Teaching Manifesto; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34466-7

1-4758-2304-5