Full Description
The essential book on student engagement—now fully updated!
Learning is not a spectator sport. That's the guiding principle behind Ron Nash's bestseller, which has helped thousands of teachers transform their classroom environments by energizing and engaging their students.
In the newly revised edition, Nash offers proven strategies that involve students as active participants in their own learning. Teachers of all levels will benefit from
The latest research on exercise, learning, and brain development
New chapters on the value of empathy and the use of feedback versus praise
Additional material on maximizing the use of classroom time and supporting speakers and listeners
Even more classroom examples at both the elementary and secondary levels
Novel teaching strategies that align with the Speaking and Listening Skills requirements of the Common Core State Standards
Discover—or re-discover—this trusted resource, combining down-to-earth wisdom with important insights on movement, memory, and learning.
"Mr. Nash understands learners, particularly today's learners, and he effectively advises how to embrace their need for a more participatory role in their own learning. I recommend this book to all teachers those who are new and those who need to be "re-newed." Buy a copy, buy a new highlighter, and prepare to be inspired to make sure it is the students who are tired at the end of the school day, not the teacher."
Debbie Silver, Ed.D.
Retired teacher, author, consultant, speaker
Contents
Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Mirror, Mirror
2. Their World and Welcome to It
3. Exercise and Learning
4. Reflection and Discourse
5. Perspective and Empathy
6. Competition and Collaboration
7. Frontloading and Facilitating
8. Feedback and Praise
9. Give Them Their 80
10. Show the Status Quo the Door
Appendix A: Providing Support for Speakers and Listeners
Appendix B: Maximizing the Use of Time in Classrooms
References
Index
