"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
-Albert Einstein
Provided here is a small sampling of pedagogical and education-related texts that have shaped my views on education over the past several years. Along with a short annotated bibliographic entry, I have provided links to external sites where the texts are available for purchase.
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The Literature WorkshopTeaching Texts and Their Readers
Sheridan D. Blau In this pedagogical exploration of classroom design and lesson planning, education scholar Sheridan Blau describes how a workshop style of lesson-planning is beneficial to both teachers and students when examining texts. Blau provides detailed transcriptions of actual classroom discussions, thereby giving readers a concrete image of what workshop-style classrooms look like. This text is a must-read for any educator l -Buy it Here- |
Teaching to Change the WorldJeannie Oakes, Martin Lipton
The American system of Public Education is anything but simple, and this text by Jeannie Oakes and Martin Lipton peels back its many layers and examines its historic origins and its modern struggles. Full of profiles on real-world educators and fascinating case studies, this book helps explain why schools are the way they are, and helps teachers understand the rationale behind what they do on a daily basis. It reaches across curricular-walls and provides useful information for both general and course-specific class instructors. -Buy it Here- |
Fires in the BathroomAdvice for Teachers from High School Students
Kathleen Cushman Adolescence is a difficult time for high school students, and often their actions seem entirely foreign and unexplainable to the teachers who work with them throughout the school year. This book by Kathleen Cushman provides a series of interviews with real high school students and deals with topics such as motivation, the learning of English as a second language, social group dynamics, and basic human behavior. An eye-opening insight to the world of the public school student, Cushman's work is a must have for every high school teacher. -Buy it Here- |
Engaging Readers and Writers with InquiryPromoting Deep Understandings in Language Arts and the Content Areas with Guiding Questions
Jeffrey Wilhelm Education scholar and author Jeffrey Wilhelm brings the theory of 'Inquiry-Based Practice' to the reader in this easy to grasp and highly useful text. 'Essential Questions', as put forth by Wilhelm, help students understand how they relate to texts, and the world at large, and are best used in the secondary classroom. While intended primarily for language arts, Wilhelm's text provides examples and possible uses for all subject areas. -Buy it Here- |