Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains

Comprehensive advice for both new and experienced teachers on classroom management, discipline, motivation, and morale. Includes practical suggestions for arranging your room, talking to students, avoiding the misbehavior cycle, and making school a place where students learn and teachers teach. Also includes enlivening QA from teachers, letters from students, tips for grading, and step-by-step instructions for introducing Shakespeare to reluctant readers.This revised edition includes expanded material covering Project-Based Learning, teaching with testing in mind, Common Core alignment, and more. Additionally, there are engaging questions for reflection at the end of each chapter to enhance the book’s usability in book groups, professional development, and in undergraduate and graduate courses.Additional ISBNs: 9781119089278, 1119089271, 9781119089216, 1119089212