The Fearless Classroom: A Practical Guide to Experiential Learning Environments - Hardcover

Barker, Joli

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138802859 ISBN 13: 9781138802858

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Students learn better when they aren’t afraid to take risks and make mistakes. In this book, teacher and popular blogger Joli Barker shows you how to make K-8 students fearless in the classroom so they can engage in deeper learning. You’ll discover how to abandon the notion of the teacher as the primary source of information, and instead create a classroom environment in which students can explore problems, test theories, and play games through curiosity, imagination, adaptability, and a passion for learning.

Find out how to…

• Create fearless learning environments
• Engage in fearless planning and lesson design
• Use fearless grading and assessments
• Teach fearless gamification
• Develop fearless parent relations and
• Get students to ask fearless questions

Throughout the book, you’ll find suggested activities for science, social studies, language arts, and math, as well as tools such as rubrics to assist you on your journey.

About this title

About the Author

Joli Barker is an elementary teacher in Texas. She is Microsoft in Education Master Educator and Global Forum winner. She was the 2013 Texas Computer Education Association's Classroom Teacher of the Year as the TCEA 2013 Classroom Teacher of the Year. She is also one of The National School Board Association's 2014 "20 to Watch" in education. She has a popular blog, The Fearless Classroom, and also does consulting work in schools.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138802859
• ISBN 13: 9781138802858
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 124