Best Practices for High School Classrooms: What Award-Winning Secondary Teachers Do / Edition 1

by Randi B. Sofman

Overview

This practical, step-by-step teaching approach provides the keys to transforming your classroom from teacher-focused to student-focused.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761977308
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/09/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Randi Stone is the author of nine Corwin Press books: Best Practices for Teaching Reading: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Writing: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, and Best Practices for Teaching Science: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do. She is a graduate of Clark University, Boston University, and Salem State College. She completed her doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Author
About the Contributors
1. Award-Winning Words of Wisdom
2. Succeeding With Reading and Writing Instruction
3. Succeeding With Mathematics Instruction
4. Exploring Science, Math, and Technology
5. Threading Technology through the Curriculum
6. Considering Special Needs
7. Teaching Social Studies and Geography in the High School Grades
8. Looking at Visual Arts and Physical Education
9. Topic Smorgasbord: Sharing More Key High School Issues and Perspectives
Conclusion
Index

Editorial Reviews

"This book will be very helpful to new teachers and may motivate experienced teachers to expand their craft. It would be a useful addition to any high school professional collection, as it offers practical, down-to-earth advice, while highlighting innovative and exciting teaching methods. The state standards correlation sections are particularly beneficial."

Letitia Abram

"For those seeking practical activities that have been tested in actual high school classrooms, Stone’s book is just what the teacher ordered. Written in conversational style by award-winning teachers, this book does what the Internet and discipline-specific teachers’ organizations fail to do: it consolidates exemplary teaching practices on diverse topics from various academic fields into one easy-to-read resource. "

CHOICE, June 2002 - June 2002 CHOICE

"This book is a priceless tool not only for teachers, but also for mentors and administrators who responsibilities are to provide professional growth."

Danny Mc Pherson

"For those seeking practical activities that have been tested in actual high school classrooms, Stone’s book is just what the teacher ordered. Written in conversational style by award-winning teachers, this book does what the Internet and discipline-specific teachers’ organizations fail to do: it consolidates exemplary teaching practices on diverse topics from various academic fields into one easy-to-read resource. "

CHOICE, June 2002 - June 2002 Choice Magazine

"This book is a priceless tool not only for teachers, but also for mentors and administrators who responsibilities are to provide professional growth."

Danny McPherson