Description
Your Teacher Toolkit for Better Teaching and Learning
Every educator needs a toolkit of strategies to ensure that students of different abilities, backgrounds, and learning profiles achieve success in the classroom. Rather than requiring busy educators to read copious amounts of research and theory first, Practical Strategies for Managing a Diverse Classroom flips the script, providing the answers and tools you need up-front so you can implement them immediately. Inside, you′ll find:
- Powerful vignettes and common scenarios found in any inclusive classroom
- Concrete strategies for each classroom scenario
- Research and evidence for each strategy, explaining how and why it works
- An exploration of cutting-edge topics such as co-teaching, cooperative learning, applied behavior analysis, SEL, and more
- Additional resources, applications, and activities for book studies or for educators who want to go deeper into the topics that appeal to them the most
Written by a team of experienced educators with varied backgrounds, Practical Strategies for Managing a Diverse Classroom offers practical strategies for effective teaching and learning, better classroom management, and strengthened student engagement.
Table of Contents
Foreword by John Hattie
Foreword by David Mitchell
Introduction
Preface: The Students
Part 1: Challenges and Solutions
Challenge 1: Dealing with Disruptive Behavior
Challenge 2: Dealing with Noncompliance and Disrespectful Behavior
Challenge #3: Dealing with Students’ Lack of Motivation
Challenge #4: Supporting Literacy for All Learners
Challenge #5: Teaching in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
Challenge #6: Dealing with an Academically Diverse Class
Challenge #7: Social-emotional challenges
Challenge #8: Managing Out of Class Activities
Challenge #9: Managing Lack of Collaboration & Communication
Challenge #10: Managing Time, Stress, and Other Teaching Challenges
Part II: Research and Strategies
Chapter 1: Sensory-Motor development
Chapter 2: Formative Assessment
Chapter 3: Applied Behavior Analysis
Chapter 4: Communication and Collaboration Strategies
Chapter 5: Co-Teaching
Chapter 6: Universal Design for Learning
Chapter 7: Cooperative Learning
Chapter 8: Literacy Strategies
Chapter 9: Life Skills and Social Emotional Learning
Chapter 10: Time management
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