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Theory can only take you so far building a coherent classroom system to drive change Patrick Mongrain
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mongrain, Patrick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Effective teaching.
- Teacher-student relationships.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York Bloomsbury Academic 2026
- Summary:
- Theory Can Only Take You So Far clearly defines the instructional system teachers need. It starts by acknowledging the crisis, describes school and classroom systems, and then provides a chapter-by-chapter description of what research, evidence, and some support from AI point to as the most effective practices that make up an instructional system
- Contents:
- Introduction : education is in crisis : “the why”
- Defining an instructional system : “systems = hope”
- Creating coherence : “if you have more than two initiatives you have none”
- A “moneyball” approach to growth : “repeating is not the same as creating”
- Community-building practices : “the strongest bonds are built in the hottest fires”
- The four types of relationships : “haste is anti-community”
- Intentionally planning routines : “the most effective classroom management is a well-planned lesson”
- Teaching expectations : “we must teach behavior the same way we teach academics”
- Informed supervision : “teacher movement should be inversely related to student movement”
- Opportunities to respond : “tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn”
- Positive feedback : “look for what is going right” and “authenticity is the new social currency”
- Corrective feedback : “if you aren’t coaching it, you are allowing it to happen”
- Targeted support strategies : “intense behavior doesn’t always require intense intervention”
- The three-tiered system : “self-care is working in a system you feel confident in”
- “So beyond the why”
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed August 18, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version Mongrain, Patrick Theory can only take you so far
- ISBN:
- 9798216391289
- 9798216391265
- 9798216391272
- OCLC:
- 1608641626
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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