Creating Joyful Classrooms

A Positive Response to Testing and Accountability in the Elementary School

Sarah M. Butzin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

120 Seiten

2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3619-6 (ISBN)

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Creating Joyful Classrooms is a practical response to the malaise in America’s schools created by high stakes testing, disrespect for the teaching profession, and resources being redirected to charter schools and private school vouchers. Classroom teachers feel helpless and students feel hapless. Joy has left the building. This book offers the antidote to return joy and passion to teaching and learning. Whether a beginning teacher or a seasoned veteran, this book shows the way back to timeless child-centered best practices that engage young children and increase academic achievement. As joyful classrooms multiply, their success will drive out the poisonous rancor of cynicism and despair to become beacons of hope for children everywhere. This book also makes the case for changing the status quo in the elementary school. The standard traditional grade school is failing to meet the needs of children growing up in the information age. Elementary schools must evolve into multi-grade, multi-dimensional safe havens that challenge children academically, while remembering to cherish childhood. Based upon the theory of invitational education, this book provides specific strategies, along with classroom management tools, to create highly engaging classrooms for young children. It also offers inspiring stories of heroic teachers who beat the odds to bring joy back to school. It’s not too late for a better tomorrow.

Dr. Sarah Butzin is an award-winning teacher and author. She is creator of the Project CHILD instructional system, founder of the Institute for School Innovation in Tallahassee, FL and has served in numerous leadership positions including Chair of the International Alliance for Invitational Education.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Bringing joy back to teaching and learning
Chapter 2: Introducing Project CHILD: A triangulated teaching model
Chapter 3: Getting started to create a joyful classroom
Chapter 4: Creating a positive classroom climate
Chapter 5: Effective classroom management strategies
Chapter 6: 21st century teaching strategies
Chapter 7: Stepping outside the box: Successes and challenges
Appendix
About the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2018
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 238 mm
Gewicht	345 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-4758-3619-8 / 1475836198
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-3619-6 / 9781475836196
Zustand	Neuware