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

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Stanley Pogrow, Ph.D., is professor of Educational Leadership at¿San Francisco State University. He is best known for developing the HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) Program for accelerating the learning of underperforming Title I (economically disadvantaged) and special education students.

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Raising the Grade

"This is an excellent book. Governor Wise uses a very effective blend of hard data, clear examples, vivid metaphors, and personal anecdotes to make the case for high school reform—and the specific actions that need to be taken. Every policymaker from the schoolhouse to the statehouse, and from the classroom to Congress, should read this book."
—Gaston Caperton, president of College Board andformer governor, West Virginia

Written by Bob Wise, former governor of West Virginia and current president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, Raising the Grade describes the alarming cost of the nation's long-time neglect of secondary education. At a time when technology and postsecondary education requirements in the workplace are rising dramatically, the literacy skills of adolescents are not keeping pace. With most federal dollars targeted to elementary schools and higher education, few resources are allocated to improve high schools, especially to address the achievement gap threatening nearly 6 million students at risk of dropping out every year. Raising the Grade is rooted in the stories of real Americans whose high school experiences failed to engage or adequately prepare them for work or college.

In Raising the Grade, Bob Wise calls for epic changes in how we invest in and support our secondary education system. Pointing to the many model public high schools that are serving our students well, he spells out practical solutions for reform, especially at the federal level, to give all students a quality high school education. Issuing a call to action- he asks every American who cares about the fate of our nation to jo in the growing movement to revitalize our secondary education system and recognize the moral and economic imperative to ensure a better future for our youth.

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For teachers who struggle to connect with students who seem restless, bored, and indifferent, Teaching Content Outrageously offers the perfect antidote. In this book, Stanley Pogrow shows teachers how to transform standards-based content lessons into dynamic and outrageous learning experiences that leave students so enthralled and fascinated they readily meet the learning goals. Drawing from a model successfully used with underperforming students, the author introduces the Outrageous Teaching method showing how teachers can integrate humor, surprise, imagination, character, and dramatic storyline to create lessons that are riveting, effective, and meaningful. The book includes:

• Detailed guidance on implementing the method in any content area in grades 4-12
• Vivid classroom portraits of teachers making use of the method to teach math, science, language arts, and social studies lessons
• Advice on applying the techniques to improvediscipline and classroom management

The author reveals how all teachers can tap into their own imagination and creativity to construct lessons and units that are mesmerizing and that efficiently increase student performance on content.

Praise for Teaching Content Outrageously

Pogrow's new book is a must-read for teachers seeking to find new ways to engage and successfully teach their students who would otherwise be left behind. The combination of cognitive science, humor, insight, techniques, and examples will make you laugh, inspire you, and give you the practical tools to create imaginative and original ways to teach key content objectives.
--Dr. Pedro Portes, director, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, andprofessor of education, University of Georgia

Is holding students' attention becoming more and more difficult? Let Stanley Pogrow show you how dramatization and humor can help you teach any content far more effectively to a wary classroom audience.
--Carol Jago, teacher, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA

Dr. Pogrow gives priceless solutions and clear methods that work for making teaching and learning more fun and effective in today's classrooms. This is the one book that should be read by all those who want to make a difference by captivating, inspiring, and empowering all learners.
--Dalia Johnson, science and Spanish teacher, middle school director, ¿ MS 188, New York CityPublic Schools