Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains - Softcover

Johnson, LouAnne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470903740 ISBN 13: 9780470903742

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 2011

Synopsis

The handbook for improving morale by managing, disciplining and motivating your students This second edition of the bestselling book includes practical suggestions for arranging your classroom, talking to students, avoiding the misbehavior cycle, and making your school a place where students learn and teachers teach. The book also contains enlivening Q&A from teachers, letters from students, and tips for grading. This new edition has been expanded to include coverage of the following topics: discipline, portfolio assessments, and technology in the classroom. * Includes engaging questions for reflection at the end of each chapter * Johnson is the author of The New York Times bestseller Dangerous Minds (originally My Posse Don't Do Homework) * Contains a wealth of practical tools that support stellar classroom instruction This thoroughly revised and updated edition contains comprehensive advice for both new and experienced teachers on classroom management, discipline, motivation, and morale.

About this title

About the Author

LouAnne Johnson is a former U.S. Navy journalist, Marine Corps officer, and high school teacher. She is the author of several books, including The Queen of Education and the New York Times bestseller Dangerous Minds. At present, Johnson is associate professor of teacher education at Santa Fe Community College.

From the Back Cover

From the psychology of seating to motivating reluctant learners, the second edition of Teaching Outside the Box contains ideas, suggestions, and practical strategies to help both new teachers and seasoned veterans create welcoming classrooms where learners thrive.

This indispensable book contains:

• Checklists for preparing your classroom, your paperwork, and yourself

• Proactive strategies for preventing misbehavior

• Practical suggestions for effective classroom management

• Activities that foster positive teacher-student connections

• Ideas for addressing student brain-dominance and learning preferences

• Tips for incorporating higher-order thinking skills into lessons

Praise for the Second Edition of Teaching Outside the Box

"The first edition of Teaching Outside the Box was like a bible for my teacher trainees. This revised edition is even better."
Mark Phillips, professor emeritus of Secondary Education at San Francisco State University

"This book will always be on my top ten 'must read' list because it's a practical text complete with the requisite skills and strategies that will help students believe in themselves an essential ingredient to guarantee academic success."
Lori V. Quigley, Ph.D., professor and dean of the School of Education, The Sage Colleges

"LouAnne Johnson offers real solutions for teachers. She includes all the 'things' I remember thinking, 'No one ever prepared me for this?' when I first started my teaching career."
Anne Marie Geckle, adjunct instructor and associate director, Online Programs, Notre Dame College

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470903740
• ISBN 13: 9780470903742
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320