The Fearless Classroom

A Practical Guide to Experiential Learning Environments
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-138-80285-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 342 g

Students learn better when they aren’t afraid to take risks and make mistakes. In this book, teacher and popular blogger Joli Barker shows you how to make K-8 students fearless in the classroom so they can engage in deeper learning. You’ll discover how to abandon the notion of the teacher as the primary source of information, and instead create a classroom environment in which students can explore problems, test theories, and play games through curiosity, imagination, adaptability, and a passion for learning.

Find out how to…

- Create fearless learning environments

- Engage in fearless planning and lesson design

- Use fearless grading and assessments

- Teach fearless gamification

- Develop fearless parent relations and

- Get students to ask fearless questions

Throughout the book, you’ll find suggested activities for science, social studies, language arts, and math, as well as tools such as rubrics to assist you on your journey.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barker, Joli

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Meet the Author

From the Author

Preface

Foreword

Chapter One: Defining Fearlessness:

Part One: The Fearless Educator

Part Two: The Fearless Student

Part Three: The Fearless Approach

Part Four: The Fearless Administrator

Chapter Two: Creating Fearless Learning Environments:

ICAP Rotations

ICAP: the Specifics

Imagination

Curiosity

Adaptation

Passion

Chapter Three: Fearless Planning and Lesson Design

Chapter Four: Fearless Grading

Chapter Five: Fearless Assessing of Skills

Chapter Six: Setting Fearless Goals

Chapter Seven: Guide to Activities

Lesson Design Rubrics

Writing

Reflections on Learning

Getting Students to Ask Fearless Questions

Science/Social Studies

Language Arts/Reading

Math

Chapter Eight: Fearless Parent Relations

Chapter Nine: Fearless Gaming in the Classroom

Chapter Ten: Globalizing Your Classroom with Fearless Project-Based Learning

Über Autor(innen)

Joli Barker is an elementary teacher in Texas. She is Microsoft in Education Master Educator and Global Forum winner. She was the 2013 Texas Computer Education Association's Classroom Teacher of the Year as the TCEA 2013 Classroom Teacher of the Year. She is also one of The National School Board Association's 2014 "20 to Watch" in education. She has a popular blog, The Fearless Classroom, and also does consulting work in schools.