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Motivating your students : before you can teach them, you have to reach them / Hanoch McCarty, Frank Siccone

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon, c2001Description: xiii, 130 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0205322603
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.154 MAC
Contents:
1. Introduction. - 2. What Motivates People?. - 3. What Is a Motivational Teacher?. - 4. Motivation and the Power of Persuasion. - 5. Know Your Students. - 6.Motivation and Learning Styles. - 7. Attention-Getters. - 8. Motivating through the Power of the Story. - 9. Benefirts versus Costs. - 10. Persuasive Presentation Tools. - 11. Make It Memorable.
Summary: Convinced that "teaching is a performing art," McCarty and Siccone have teamed up to write a handbook for teachers of K-12 and beyond. They describe key methods of both maximizing your powers of persuasion and engaging students in spirited discussions. Utilizing [the authors] advice on story telling, personality theories, and a multitude of other motivational tactics, [teaching can be enhanced] to reach anyone in classroom.
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1. Introduction. - 2. What Motivates People?. - 3. What Is a Motivational Teacher?. - 4. Motivation and the Power of Persuasion. - 5. Know Your Students. - 6.Motivation and Learning Styles. - 7. Attention-Getters. - 8. Motivating through the Power of the Story. - 9. Benefirts versus Costs. - 10. Persuasive Presentation Tools. - 11. Make It Memorable.

Convinced that "teaching is a performing art," McCarty and Siccone have teamed up to write a handbook for teachers of K-12 and beyond. They describe key methods of both maximizing your powers of persuasion and engaging students in spirited discussions. Utilizing [the authors] advice on story telling, personality theories, and a multitude of other motivational tactics, [teaching can be enhanced] to reach anyone in classroom.