Teaching for the Students: Habits of Heart, Mind, and Practice in the Engaged Classroom

In this age of unparalleled accountability, our students seem to get lost in the shuffle of standards-driven curricula and other external factors. . . . Have we forgotten what authentic teaching and learning look and sound like? Have we forgotten that students must always be at the center of our teaching? Bob Fecho hasnrsquo;t, and this beautiful and thought-provoking book is proof.rdquo; #8212;From the Foreword by strongDeborah Appleman/strong, Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies, Carleton College/ppldquo;Teaching for the Students is a stunning memoir and vision for dialogical teaching as it has been and as it could be. An elegant writer and a gifted educator, Bob Fecho offers CPR to teachers caught in the madness of national testing regimes.rdquo;#8212;strongMichelle Fine/strong, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York/ppIn this follow-up to his popular book, ldquo;Is This English?,rdquo; Bob Fecho explores dialogic teaching#8212;what it is and how teachers can move toward more reflective teaching practices. Fecho provides a framework to help teachers develop the necessary focuses, perceptions, and intellectual habits that will result in an ever-enriching dialogue with their practice. Chapters like ldquo;Using the Difficultyrdquo; consider how an obstacle in the classroom can become a teachable moment, and ldquo;Wobblerdquo; asks teachers to be alert to when their beliefs are challenged by students and colleagues#8212;and what can be learned in the balancing act. With anecdotes and scenarios from the authorrsquo;s own experience teaching adolescents and pre-service teachers, this engaging book will resonate with educators busy with todayrsquo;s overcrowded curriculums. /pptrongBook Features:/strong/pul type=

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