Teaching With Passion, Patience, Creativity & Flare
When I am
talking to fellow teachers and parents they often fall into the “I love teens”
or “just get me through this stage” category. Hopefully those in the latter category are not high school
teachers, but I have met some just hanging on until retirement. I have been collecting resources that I
feel really help in working with creating a positive classroom with teens. If there is one thing I have learned,
it is that yelling does not work.
You can create and adversarial relationship, but it will get you
nowhere. By creating a positive
relationship, you are more likely able to create the atmosphere of learning you
are seeking to create. My favorite
resource, the Love & Logic series, works for all grade levels. Some of the other resources I’ve listed
below have helped me gain an interesting perspective on schools, the classroom,
and creating a vibrant, passionate atmosphere for learning. Despite the constant litany of excuses and
laying of blame, I do believe it is possible to teach and teach well in today’s
schools – even with excessive testing, challenging students and administrators,
and regularly changing rules. Teaching,
like all professions, is not without its challenges, neither is it without its rewards.
Love and Logic for Teachers
By Jim Fay, Foster W. Cline, M.D. and
Charles Fay, Ph.D
Success For Teens
By Jeff Olson, John David
Mann, and Al Desetta
Teach Like Your
Hair’s On Fire: the Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
By Rafe Esquith
Orbiting
the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
By Gordon MacKenzie
Visible
Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement
By John Hattie
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