Student-Centered Classroom, The:Transforming Your Teaching and Grading Practices (A guide for student-centered leaing through interactive teaching practices and individualized assessment)

by: Jeanetta Jones Miller (Author)

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Publication Date: 2020/8/28

Language: English

Print Length: 176 pages

ISBN-10: 1949539997

ISBN-13: 9781949539998

Book Description

Student-centered classrooms make it possible for schools to fulfill their best and most enduring promise:to give students a fair chance to grow up literate, open-minded, and prepared to succeed. With this resource as your guide, you will lea six teaching practices to help you leave behind one-size-fits-all lessons, tests, and grades in favor of a student-centered approach that is interactive, individualized, and rigorous.Use this resource to create a coherent, effective, and immensely satisfying student-centered approach in any grade level or content area:Lea how to use the two essential qualities of education, respect and agency, to help students achieve leaing goals.Find affirmation in being part of a community of educators that is creating the potential for a much-needed shift in the approach to education and academic rigor.Discover ways to use speaking, listening, writing, and reading in new and creative ways.Explore the essential components of a student-centered approach to evaluation and assessment.Understand how to counter misconceptions about student-centered leaing when communicating with colleagues, administrators, and parents.Contents:Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Author Introduction Chapter 1:Encourage Academic Success Chapter 2:Support Personal Growth Chapter 3:Make Space for Speaking and Listening Chapter 4:Deepen Understanding With Writing and Reading Chapter 5:Meet Individual Needs in the Evaluation Process Chapter 6:Communicate With the School Community Conclusion Appendix:Frequently Asked Questions References and Resources

About the Author

Student-centered classrooms make it possible for schools to fulfill their best and most enduring promise:to give students a fair chance to grow up literate, open-minded, and prepared to succeed. With this resource as your guide, you will lea six teaching practices to help you leave behind one-size-fits-all lessons, tests, and grades in favor of a student-centered approach that is interactive, individualized, and rigorous.Use this resource to create a coherent, effective, and immensely satisfying student-centered approach in any grade level or content area:Lea how to use the two essential qualities of education, respect and agency, to help students achieve leaing goals.Find affirmation in being part of a community of educators that is creating the potential for a much-needed shift in the approach to education and academic rigor.Discover ways to use speaking, listening, writing, and reading in new and creative ways.Explore the essential components of a student-centered approach to evaluation and assessment.Understand how to counter misconceptions about student-centered leaing when communicating with colleagues, administrators, and parents.Contents:Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Author Introduction Chapter 1:Encourage Academic Success Chapter 2:Support Personal Growth Chapter 3:Make Space for Speaking and Listening Chapter 4:Deepen Understanding With Writing and Reading Chapter 5:Meet Individual Needs in the Evaluation Process Chapter 6:Communicate With the School Community Conclusion Appendix:Frequently Asked Questions References and Resources