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Shift Students’ Roles from Passive Observers to Active Participants. Preparing students for a world that did not exist when they were students themselves can be challenging for many teachers. Engaging students, particularly disinterested ones, in the learning process is no easy task, especially when easy access to information is at an all-time high. How then do educators simultaneously ensure knowledge acquisition and engagement? Ron Nash encourages teachers to embrace an interactive classroom by rethinking their role as information givers. The Interactive Classroom provides a framework for how to influence the learning process and increase student participation by sharing • Proven strategies for improving presentation and facilitation skills • Kinesthetic, interpersonal, and classroom management methods • Brain-based teaching strategies that promote active learning • Project-based learning and formative assessment techniques that promote a robust learning environment Intended to cultivate an interactive classroom in which students take an active role in learning, this book provides a blueprint for educators seeking to amplify student engagement while imparting critical twenty-first century skills.
Behind the Seen
Behind the Seen
Several years ago, a colleague told me this (true) story about a kindergartner on the first day of school. Mom paced near the front door of their home, waiting anxiously for her daughter to come home after that first morning session and finally spotted the school bus coming down the street. As the bus pulled up to the curb, she headed out the front door to greet her daughter as she disembarked. It quickly became apparent that the little girl was upset in the extreme, evidenced by the tears running down her cheeks. When Mom asked what was wrong, her kindergartner replied through the sobs, “They made us come home!!” I might have done that as a kindergartner, but ...
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