Transparent Teaching of Adolescents

Defining the Ideal Class for Students and Teachers

By (author) Mindy Keller-Kyriakides Contributions by Stacey Bruton, AnnMarie Dearman, Victoria Grant, Crystal Jovae Mazur, Daniel Powell, Christina Salvatore

Publication date:

31 August 2012

Length of book:

180 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

236x157mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781610489140

Transparent Teaching of Adolescents is a philosophy, method, and timely application of strategies that span the school year. A collaborative effort from all over the globe, the dialogue between this teacher and her former students presents both the wholeness of teaching and a model of how to build rapport, engage high school students in their experience, and enrich learning at the secondary level of education.
In over twenty years of working with new teachers, I’ve reviewed many books written to describe how to teach successfully. These books, even those that tell stories about the students, rarely include the real voices of students. As a result, for too many new teachers, the students are abstracts – not real.

In this book, real students speak and give new teachers, even veteran teachers, and insights into how to create a classroom that works for both students and teachers. Kids need to be heard and listened to before a teacher can be successful. This book is a must-read for first year teachers or teachers who want to reexamine their teaching practices.