Full Description
39 reflections to improve your decision making in the classroom and beyond.
Go on! You can do it!
Are teachers becoming ever more compliant as a profession? By just quietly getting on with things there is a danger of losing that spark that attracted you to your career in the first place. However, if you feel empowered to take more risks - to take back control of how you teach - then you have the chance to reignite your passion for the job.
This book follows on from David Gumbrell's text LIFT!, arguing that when you are feeling more resilient you have the courage and confidence to take more risks. You can also calculate that risk more rationally, thereby making it less risky and more likely to result in success. As this cycle continues you become more invigorated, more inspired and thus more engaging as a teacher.
A beautifully written book with David's characteristic use of rich metaphors and thoughtful narrative. This book will certainly help you make bolder and better decisions in the classroom and beyond. Adrian Bethune.
Contents
Introduction - Emerging RISK 1) Training on Plimsolls 2) Prey for the Minotaur 3) Are you tall enough? 4) That's you tot 5) Living with Earthquakes - who's fault? 6) Is sleet rain, or snow? 7) 21 again, what are the chances? 8) Floating, yet tethered 9) Feathered Friends 10) Pulsating Stuff 11) Sharpen Up 12) BOIINNGG! 13) Gone for a Six 14) Inflatable Pillow 15) Can't Resist Air 16) Smashing Time 17) Angles of Elevation 18) Don't Get Burnt 19) . . . and they are off 20) Pedaling Power 21) Whorls, hoops and arches 22) Swim, Cycle, Run 23) Stifling Suppositions 24) Channel your Tunnel vision 25) What the value of the Ph Scale? 26) 'One fails forwards' 27) Goosebumps are great! 28) Push Down and Turn 29) Ever been framed? 30) Pufferfish Puff 31) 'Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat' 32) Pixelating Goggles 33) Pint-sized Problem 34) How Purple is Purple 35) Doh! What's that buzz? 36) Chlorophyll-a-gap 37) 'I want my Mummy!' 38) Anyone for RISK? 39) Go for Broke CASE STUDIES
