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

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Wiley, Mar 22, 2011 - Education - 320 pages
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.

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Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains
LouAnne Johnson
Limited preview - 2011
Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains
LouAnne Johnson
No preview available - 2011

About the author (2011)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleTeaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains
AuthorLouAnne Johnson
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherWiley, 2011
ISBN0470903740, 9780470903742
Length320 pages
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