Full Description
"This powerful book makes an incredible contribution to the field of education! It provides numerous opportunities for reader participation in reflections, reactions, and other activities. Most important, it provides ideas and suggestions that will change the lives of children. Every educator should read this book."
—Ruth Gharst Waggoner, Principal
Heatherstone Elementary School, Olathe, KS
"An accumulation of a lot of the knowledge needed to be an effective teacher. Mentors will find the book helpful when working with new teachers."
—Linda Munger, Educational Consultant
Munger Education Associates
Empower students with proven strategies for brain-friendly instruction!
In the fourth edition of Super Teaching, brain expert Eric Jensen examines how students learn and how instruction changes a student's brain. This powerful guide offers more than 1,000 brain research-based teaching strategies and ready-to-implement instructional tools for engaging students, boosting learner memory, and meeting the needs of all learners.
In this completely revised edition, readers will find helpful features such as previews at the beginning of each chapter, reflective questions, affirmations, sidebars, bulleted lists, and quotable quotes. The author shows teachers how to improve instructional effectiveness, plan standards-based lessons, and optimize student learning with practical techniques such as:
Matching instruction with learners' developmental stages
Responding to unique learning styles with differentiated techniques
Using assessment as part of instruction
Addressing the learning needs of students in poverty
Managing students' emotions with music and energizers
Practicing positive teaching mind-sets to enhance student results
Use this practical resource to combine best practices with brain-friendly instruction and create a thriving learning environment that advances students' academic achievement.
Contents
Preface
Changes in the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. How Teaching Changes Lives
2. How Students Learn
3. Learning Environment
4. Lesson Planning With the Standards
5. Learner Differences
6. Assessment for Learning
7. Super Mind-Sets
8. They All Have Special Needs
9. Poverty's Influence on Kids
10. Critical Connections
11. Learning to Remember
12. Listening Secrets
13. Engagement and Motivation Strategies
14. Fine-Tuning Your Presentation
15. The Productive Nature of Using Rituals
16. Managing Students' Emotional States With Music and Energizers
17. Running Your Class Successfully
18. Ways to Create a Thriving Self
References
Index
