Never Too Old to Teach
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Never Too Old to Teach

How Middle-Aged Wisdom Can Transform Young Minds in the Classroom

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Never Too Old to Teach

How Middle-Aged Wisdom Can Transform Young Minds in the Classroom

About this book

Never Too Old to Teach is a heart-warming story of a middle-aged man's first year of teaching high school after spending twenty years in a corporate cubicle. Written in a humorous, straightforward style with minimal technical jargon, this book provides richly detailed accounts of events, lessons, and conversations that actually took place in the author's special education English classroom. Goldman's accounts are accompanied by narratives and reflections that give the reader insight into the true nature of teaching high school English to a diverse student body with learning disabilities, covering issues such as maintaining classroom control, effective curriculum development, collaboration with families for positive student outcomes, successfully working with administration, the benefits of teaching in middle age, and establishing student rapport.

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Information

Publisher
R&L Education
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9781578869763

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  3. Chapter 01. INTRODUCTION
  4. Chapter 02. FROM A CORPORATE CUBICLE TO THE SPECIAL ED CLASSROOM
  5. Chapter 03. THE UNFAIR SPECIAL EDUCATION STIGMA
  6. Chapter 04. THE THOUGHT
  7. Chapter 05. THE INTERVIEW
  8. Chapter 06. KNOT IN MY STOMACH
  9. Chapter 07. CHOCOLATE BROWNIES
  10. Chapter 08. MASTERS OF BREVITY
  11. Chapter 09. THE SHAMPOO BOTTLE
  12. Chapter 10. SLEEPYHEAD
  13. Chapter 11. DREW, THE HUMAN SPRING
  14. Chapter 12. STOP HARASSING MY SON
  15. Chapter 13. THE DOMINO EFFECT
  16. Chapter 14. REACHING CARL
  17. Chapter 15. MY MOTHER TORE THAT SHIT UP
  18. Chapter 16. THE WISE ENFORCER
  19. Chapter 17. LEAVE ME BE, I’M DOING FINE
  20. Chapter 18. SPECIAL EDUCATION—A PARADOX
  21. Chapter 19. YOU DON’T HAVE THE PATIENCE TO BE A TEACHER
  22. Chapter 20. WHY ARE WE LEARNING THIS IN ENGLISH CLASS?
  23. Chapter 21. KYLE’S OBSERVATION
  24. Chapter 22. YOU’RE DOING THIS FOR FREE?
  25. Chapter 23. RACISM, THERESA, AND THE BIG-BOX STORE
  26. Chapter 24. FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY
  27. Chapter 25. THE CRASHING AND BURNING OF A GROUP CONTINGENCY
  28. Chapter 26. WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT
  29. Chapter 27. NO DRINKS IN THE CLASSROOM
  30. Chapter 28. THE LBS-I IS A GOOD THING
  31. Chapter 29. DON’T FEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL
  32. Chapter 30. THE MYSTERIOUS KANGAROO AND HIS INDICTMENT
  33. Chapter 31. STUDENT TEACHING: INTRODUCTION
  34. Chapter 32. A GLOBE
  35. Chapter 33. METAL DETECTORS
  36. Chapter 34. THE PERPETUAL ASSEMBLY
  37. Chapter 35. MY MENTORS
  38. Chapter 36. MENTOR #1:CANDY MAN
  39. Chapter 37. MENTOR #2: A STUDENT’S OLDEST FRIEND
  40. Chapter 38. APOLOGIA
  41. Chapter 39. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
  42. Chapter 40. “WHY ARE YOU TEACHING US THIS SHIT?”
  43. Chapter 41. DON’T WISH FOR QUIET
  44. ABOUT THE AUTHOR