The best teacher in you : how to accelerate learning and change lives

What does teaching look like at its very best? How are great teachers able to ignite a love of learning and change students’ lives? In this book you’ll learn from seven remarkable teachers who stretch beyond the conventional foundations of good teaching to transform their classrooms into exciting, dynamic places where teachers and students cocreate the learning experience. Based on six years of extensive work, the book outlines a framework that identifies four dimensions of effective teaching and learning that are integrated in these highly effective teachers’ classrooms—and that all teachers can use to recognize and release the potential in themselves and their students. A team of researchers studied teachers with high assessment scores to discover how their methods differed from those of their less successful peers. The researchers held workshops and conducted interviews with these "highly effective teachers" to glean insights, formulate theories and identify best practices. Robert E. Quinn, Katherine Heynoski, Mike Thomas and Gretchen M. Spreitzer share the stories of seven extraordinary educators and explain the "Connect Framework," a four-quadrant matrix delineating the core aspects of fruitful teaching. (The framework's full name is BFK Connect; the initials stand for Battelle for Kids, the education nonprofit where Heynoski and Thomas work.) Here, the authors focus more on general areas like empowerment, transformation, collective learning and expectations than on specific classroom tactics. getAbstract recommends this inspiring approach to teaching to all educators, and to business leaders and trainers, who will find much applicable advice Content: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Becoming the Best Teacher in You: A Process, Not a Destination -- ch. 2 Embracing Connections: Integrating Essential Elements -- ch. 3 Opening the Mind: Embracing Deep Change -- ch. 4 Opening the Heart: Enhancing Relationships -- ch. 5 Empowering the Soul: Developing Yourself -- ch. 6 Empowering Others: Teaching That Transforms -- ch. 7 A Process for Development: Embedding Self-Reflection -- CONCLUSION: STRATEGIES FOR MOVING FORWARD -- Resource A The Reflect Assessment -- Resource B Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument for Classrooms -- Resource C Appreciative Inquiry Protocol -- Resource D Interview Protocol -- Resource E Online Tools and Resources. What does teaching look like at its very best? How are great teachers able to ignite a love of learning and change studentsâ€TM lives? In this book youâ€TMll learn from seven remarkable teachers who stretch beyond the conventional foundations of good teaching to transform their classrooms into exciting, dynamic places where teachers and students cocreate the learning experience. Based on six years of extensive work, the book outlines a framework that identifies four dimensions of effective teaching and learning that are integrated in these highly effective teachersâ€TM classrooms—and that all teachers can use to recognize and release the potential in themselves and their students. What does teaching look like at its very best? How are great teachers able to ignite a love of learning and change students' lives? In this book you'll learn from seven remarkable teachers who stretch beyond the conventional foundations of good teaching to transform their classrooms into exciting, dynamic places where teachers and students cocreate the learning experience. Based on six years of extensive work, the book outlines a framework that identifies four dimensions of effective teaching and learning that are integrated in these highly effective teachers' classrooms "What turns ordinary teachers into highly effective teachers? How are great teachers able to ignite the love of learning among their students, accelerate that learning, and change students' lives? What does teaching look like at its very best? This book provides the best researched and most revealing answers to these questions"-- Provided by publisher 一支研究团队对一些优秀的教师进行了研究,探寻他们成功的教学方法。他们通过研讨会和采访的方式了解到了这些"超能教师"的教学方法及理论。本书作者罗伯特·E·奎恩、凯瑟琳·海诺斯基、麦克·托马斯和格雷琴·M·施普赖策讲述了7位优秀教师的故事并解释了什么叫作"连接框架"----一个将核心教学要素分解为四个象限的矩阵。(该框架的全名叫BFK连接;BFK是非营利性组织"为儿童而奋斗"的英文首字母缩写,海诺斯基和托马斯就职于该组织。)在本书中,作者没有局限于课堂技巧等细化内容,而是更多地关注诸如赋权、变革、集体学习和预期等宽泛概念。getAbstract向所有教育工作者、商业领袖以及培训师推荐这一具有启迪意义而且实用的教学方法。