Frank Thoms

Listening Is Learning

Conversations between 20th and 21st Century Teachers

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Produktbeschreibung

Listening is Learning invites young teachers to seek the knowledge and advice of former teachers, retired educators, respected veterans, and fellow newcomers. It encourages them to step away from their isolated classrooms and search for best ideas, methods, materials, insights--and moments of success, epiphanies, struggles, methodologies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9781475840148
• ISBN-10: 1475840144
• Artikelnr.: 53687415

Autorenporträt

Frank Thoms was a devoted middle school teacher. His devotion for his students and fellow teachers comes alive in his writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1- Break the Mold: Michael Harding & Meera Sharma
Chapter 2- Engage Students: Michael Harding & Meera Sharma
Chapter 3- Invoke Primary Sources: Frances Smith & Joyce Bertrand
Chapter 4- Frame the Big Picture: Michael Harding, Frances Smith, Meera
Sharma & Joyce Bertrand
Chapter 5- Teach Students to Think: Terry Rowe & Ivan Deutsch
Chapter 6- Explore the Other Side: Terry Rowe & Ivan Deutsch
Chapter 7- UseGrading to Improve Learning: George Persons & Harold Coughlin
Chapter 8- Co-Teach with a Master Teacher: Del Goodwin & Lewis Denton
Chapter 9- Teach Collaboratively: Paula Ralston, Jennifer Symons & Jeremy
Wilson
Chapter 10- Embrace Controversy: Martin Oldenberg, Ellen Harper & Isabella
Gonzalez
Chapter 11- Teach Reading for Understanding: Carolyn Hench & Lea Archer
Chapter 12- Invest in Social-Emotional Learning: George Persons, Harold
Coughlin & Amanda Booker
Chapter 13- To Google or Not to Google: Don Jorgensen, Amy Watson, Gordon
Mason, & Bonnie Canton
Chapter 14- Stay Grounded in Reality: Don Jorgensen Amy Watson, Gordon
Mason, & Bonnie Canton
Chapter 15- Seek the Middle Ground: Martin Oldenberg, Ellen Harper,
Isabella Gonzalez & Thomas Singleton
Chapter 16- AndIt's the Little Things: Lillian Bailey, Michael Harding,
Meera Sharma, John Hutchinson, Ford Daley & Martha Esersky
Coda
Appendix
About the Author