Teaching Content Outrageously How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning, Grades 4-12

Name: Teaching Content Outrageously How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning, Grades 4-12
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ISBN: 9780470180266

ISBN-10: 0470180269

ISBN-13: 9780470180266

Edition: 2009

Authors: Stanley Pogrow

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Praise for Raising the Grade "In Raising the Grade, Governor Bob Wise zeroes in on the weakest link in U.S. public education, namely our high schools. As an esteemed education governor and now as CEO of the Alliance for Excellent Education, Wise isn't content to enumerate the flaws in secondary education. He also portrays real-world high schools that work and articulates an action agenda for everyone in a position to make a difference, from educators in the classroom to policymakers in the nation's capitol. As a recipe for thoughtful high school reform, Raising the Grade rates an A in my book." -Hugh Price, Senior Fellow Economic Studies, Brookings Institution "Our country is facing a…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.10" wide x 9.30" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



About This Book


About the Author


Acknowledgments



Why Teach Outrageously in All the Content Areas?



Perspectives on Dramatizing Content Instruction



From Discipline to Outrageous Teaching: Classroom Use of Dramatic Techniques



How to Design Outrageous Lessons: Essential Steps



Outrageous Lessons: Examples from the Classroom



Suspense and Surprise: Why Outrageous Lessons Work



Getting Started



So...Let's Do It!



The Origins of Drama



Games and Quizzes-Selected Resources



Simulation Units-Selected Resources



Lesson Plans for the Sample Lessons



Teaching Outrageously in the Early Grades


References


Index