Teaching is an art : an A-Z handbook for successful teaching in middle schools and high schools / / Leon Spreyer ; acquisitions editor Faye Zucker ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480485803321
• Autore: Spreyer Leon <1937->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2002; ©2002
• ISBN: 1-4833-6284-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.102
• Soggetti: Effective teaching - United States; Middle school teaching - United States; High school teaching - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - The Art of Teaching""; ""Chapter 2 - Assessment""; ""Chapter 3 - Back-to-School Night""; ""Chapter 4 - Books""; ""Chapter 5 - Calculators""; ""Chapter 6 - Career Path""; ""Chapter 7 - Cheating""; ""Chapter 8 - Class Management""; ""Chapter 9 - Classroom Talk""; ""Chapter 10 - Colleagues""; ""Chapter 11 - Computers""; ""Chapter 12 - Confidence""; ""Chapter 13 - Contests""; ""Chapter 14 - Cooperative Learning""; ""Chapter 15 - Curriculum""; ""Chapter 16 - Discipline""; ""Chapter 17 - Einstein Points""; ""Chapter 18 - Field Trips""""Chapter 19 - First Day of School""; ""Chapter 20 - First Week of School""; ""Chapter 21 - Games""; ""Chapter 22 - Getting along""; ""Chapter 23 - Getting Out More""; ""Chapter 24 - Grades""; ""Chapter 25 - Guest Speakers""; ""Chapter 26 - Homework""; ""Chapter 27 - How to become Hated""; ""Chapter 28 - Improvise""; ""Chapter 29 - Individual Needs""; ""Chapter 30 - Jobs in the Classroom""; ""Chapter 31 - Knowledge""; ""Chapter 32 - Last Days of School""; ""Chapter 33 - Learning is a Process""; ""Chapter 34 - Lesson Plans""; ""Chapter 35 - Lies""; ""Chapter 36 - Making Yourself Accessible""""Chapter 37 - Media""; ""Chapter 38 - Mentoring""; ""Chapter 39 - Mistakes""; ""Chapter 40 - Modeling""; ""Chapter 41 - Movies about Teachers""; ""Chapter 42 - New Students""; ""Chapter 43 - New Stuff and Neat Stuff""; ""Chapter 44 - New Teacher""; ""Chapter 45 - Nonverbal Communication""; ""Chapter 46 - Openers""; ""Chapter 47 - Organizing for Success""; ""Chapter 48 - Parents""; ""Chapter 49 - Photocopying""; ""Chapter 50 - Pizzazz""; ""Chapter 51 - Portfolios""; ""Chapter 52 - Power in the Classroom""; ""Chapter 53 - Principals""; ""Chapter 54 - Principles""""Chapter 55 - Quotations in the Classroom""; ""Chapter 56 - Recognizing Students""; ""Chapter 57 - Respect""; ""Chapter 58 - Room Environment""; ""Chapter 59 - Rules""; ""Chapter 60 - School Reform""; ""Chapter 61 - Special Education""; ""Chapter 62 - Staff Meetings""; ""Chapter 63 - Standards""; ""Chapter 64 - Substitute Teachers""; ""Chapter 65 - Support Personnel""; ""Chapter 66 - Talking to Parents""; ""Chapter 67 - Talking to Students""; ""Chapter 68 - Teacher Evaluation""; ""Chapter 69 - Teaching: A Look Back""; ""Chapter 70 - Teaching Teachers to Teach""; ""Chapter 71 - Team Teaching""""Chapter 72 - Tests""; ""Chapter 73 - Textbooks""; ""Chapter 74 - “Thatâ€?s a Shame!â€?""; ""Chapter 75 - “This is Boring!â€? and Other Ego Traps""; ""Chapter 76 - Timing""; ""Chapter 77 - Units of Study""; ""Chapter 78 - Veterans and Rookies""; ""Chapter 79 - Videos in the Classroom""; ""Chapter 80 - Why You Should Not Teach""; ""Chapter 81 - Why You Should Teach""; ""Chapter 82 - Zeal""; ""Index""