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The Passionate teacher : a practical guide / Robert L. Fried.

By: Fried, Robert L.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2001Description: x, 318 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0807031437 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Teachers -- United States | Teaching | LearningDDC classification: 371.102
Contents:
Art of engaging young minds -- Passion: Passionate teaching - Context of passion - Passion for content - Designing a unit -- Game: Greatest obstacle we face - Opening up the dialogue - More ways to change the game of school -- Stance: Discovering a stance - How a stance evolves - Putting your stance into practice - Some thoughts about classroom discipline -- Student: Passion for excellence - Practice of excellence - Parent's Perspective -- The Course: Dissecting the course - and resurrecting it - Rounding out the course - Grading the excellence - What to do next monday - Is passionate teaching for new teachers, too?
Summary: Inspirational and practical guide to reclaiming students' passionate engagement in learning. All preschool children are passionate, curious learners. Somewhere along the way, in school, many kids become alienated from the joy of learning. Academically successful and frustrated students alike become reluctant or resistant or merely obedient. How could school be different so that this didn't happen? Fried starts with vivid portraits of young children as passionate learners, invoking the voices and hopes of parents and teachers. He shows us how a "chasm" develops between the initial promise of every child and the reality of life in school.
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Includes index

Art of engaging young minds -- Passion: Passionate teaching - Context of passion - Passion for content - Designing a unit -- Game: Greatest obstacle we face - Opening up the dialogue - More ways to change the game of school -- Stance: Discovering a stance - How a stance evolves - Putting your stance into practice - Some thoughts about classroom discipline -- Student: Passion for excellence - Practice of excellence - Parent's Perspective -- The Course: Dissecting the course - and resurrecting it - Rounding out the course - Grading the excellence - What to do next monday - Is passionate teaching for new teachers, too?

Inspirational and practical guide to reclaiming students' passionate engagement in learning. All preschool children are passionate, curious learners. Somewhere along the way, in school, many kids become alienated from the joy of learning. Academically successful and frustrated students alike become reluctant or resistant or merely obedient. How could school be different so that this didn't happen? Fried starts with vivid portraits of young children as passionate learners, invoking the voices and hopes of parents and teachers. He shows us how a "chasm" develops between the initial promise of every child and the reality of life in school.