Big Little Things - Ron Nash

Big Little Things

50 Tools for Building a Better Classroom

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Buch | Softcover
172 Seiten
2024 | Second Edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-7466-2 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
Having observed and coached in hundreds of K-12 classrooms since 1994, Ron Nash has come to a few conclusions about what makes teachers tick and classrooms click. The best teachers attend to those seemingly little things that cost nothing, even as they create classroom climates where students can’t wait to walk through the door every day. The big little things that great teachers do have students up, moving, pairing, sharing, laughing, and learning in an atmosphere full of trust, respect, and high expectations. Great teachers are obsessed with continuous improvement. This second edition of Big Little Things highlights 50 tools for building better classrooms at all levels.

Ron Nash is a former teacher, curriculum coordinator, and organizational development specialist. He has spent the last 17 years authoring 18 books for teachers, and he has observed and coached teachers in hundreds of classrooms over the past 30 years.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Easy Doesn’t Do It

Chapter 2: Providing Choice

Chapter 3: “But I told them!”

Chapter 4: Congruence

Chapter 5: The Fear Factor

Chapter 6: Reassuring Redundancies

Chapter 7: Everyone in the [Learning] Pool

Chapter 8: The Lighter Side

Chapter 9: “You in the yellow shirt!”

Chapter 10: Trigger the Calm

Chapter 11: Model and Teach Effective Listening Skills

Chapter 12: The Best is [Often] Silence

Chapter 13: Press and Release

Chapter 14: Kids Gotta Move

Chapter 15: Perma Pairs

Chapter 16: Choosing Partners

Chapter 17: Priming

Chapter 18: Whole-Class Discussions

Chapter 19: Have at It!

Chapter 20: Process-Related Dipstick Checks

Chapter 21: Reflective Learners

Chapter 22: Purposeful and Thoughtful Praise

Chapter 23: The Smooth Shifting of Transitional Gears

Chapter 24: Avoid Unnecessary Decisions

Chapter 25: Transfer Skills to the Collaborative Setting

Chapter 26: Provide Easy Access to Complex Tasks

Chapter 27: The First Few Minutes

Chapter 28: Last Impressions

Chapter 29: That’s the Plan

Chapter 30: If the Font Fits, Share It

Chapter 31: Visuals Always Win (Make that work for you!)

Chapter 32: Attention to Voice

Chapter 33: Arms Control

Chapter 34: Hitting the Right Notes

Chapter 35: As You Were

Chapter 36: Bringing Them Back

Chapter 37: One-at-a-Time Directions

Chapter 38: Avoid Competing with the Lawnmower

Chapter 39: Teach Students to Paraphrase for Understanding

Chapter 40: Two-Minute Drill

Chapter 41: Connecting with Stories

Chapter 42: Getting Better at Getting Better

Chapter 43: Tolerate Ambiguity and Encourage Questions

Chapter 44: Harness the Power of Novelty

Chapter 45: Physical and Mental State Changes

Chapter 46: Avoid the Blame Game

Chapter 47: Those Too Busy to Complain

Chapter 48: The Extra Mile

Chapter 49: The Power of Collaboration

Chapter 50: Looking Back at People Who Are Always Looking Forward

Afterword

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 151 x 227 mm
Gewicht 336 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
ISBN-10 1-4758-7466-9 / 1475874669
ISBN-13 978-1-4758-7466-2 / 9781475874662
Zustand Neuware
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