- 204 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Would you want to be a student in your own classroom? In this bestselling book, Pernille Ripp invites both novice and seasoned teachers to co-create a positive, interactive learning environment with students.
Based on honest reflections on her own teaching experience, Pernille offers a wide variety of ideas for sharing control, developing your intuition, learning how to fail, giving yourself grace, building community and trust, creating more choice, allowing time for student expertise, and letting go of the punish, behave, and reward cycle so that intrinsic motivation can thrive. This fully enhanced new edition is chock full of additional strategies and tools on topics such as centering students' identities, overcoming barriers when creating student-centered lessons to emphasize ownership of the learning cycle, shoring up your boundaries to manage your time and stop the intense prep work, changing your homework habits to reduce your load and give students more time, deemphasizing grades, and much more.
With Pernille's heartfelt stories and practical strategies, you'll feel inspired to give your classroom back to your students and foster a community of truly passionate learners!
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Support Material
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Rediscovering the Teacher You Set Out to Be: Taking the Steps to Change
- 2 Would You Like Being a Student in Your Own Classroom? Creating Conditions for Shared Power
- 3 Shoring Up Boundaries: Protecting Your Time and Yourself
- 4 It’s Not How Your Classroom Looks: Creating Classroom Spaces Where All Children Can Thrive
- 5 Cultivating a Passionate Learning Environment: Ways to Build Community and Trust
- 6 Giving the Classroom Back: Getting Started With Student-Centered Learning and Overcoming Barriers
- 7 Letting Go of the Punish, Behave, Reward Cycle: Building Conditions for Better Intrinsic Motivation
- 8 Centering Standards and Identities: Planning Units and Lessons That Center Children
- 9 Free to Have a Life: Changing Your Homework and Worksheet Routine
- 10 Grading Destroys Curiosity: Moving to Authentic Assessments
- 11 Final Thoughts: Making the Changes That Matter