Full Description
This unique text is a practical guide for educators who want to maximize their effectiveness in the classroom.
Impact Teaching stresses the importance of teachers creating the maximum impact on their students in the limited time they have available.
It also covers the skills, techniques, and concepts classroom teachers can use to have more impact on their students. It addresses the global picture, including Crest of the Wave and Framing. It also focuses on smaller, high priorty details, such as Question-Detail-Question, Vocal Italics, and Specify the Response. While broad in range, each idea is presented through the use of practical, real-life examples, making it a user-friendly text.
Contents
Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
1. What is "Impact Teaching?"
2. Instructional Precepts.
Teach People, Not Content.
Awareness Leads to Choice.
Learning + Enjoyment = Retention.
Application Is Everything.
Stories Are Great.
3. Principles of Effective Instruction.
Crest of the Wave.
Open Loops.
Frames Create Meaning.
4. Classroom Strategies.
Bridges and Zones.
Comfort Levels in Physical Situation.
Completing Actions.
Contrast.
Distributing Resources.
Do it Standing.
Honoring the Note-Taking Process.
Layering.
Music.
Ownership.
Pause for Visuals.
Press and Release.
Priming.
Step Down.
Visual Field.
Walk Away.
5. The Art of Effective Directions.
One at a Time.
See Me.
Step Check.
Clear and Concise.
Congruence.
Directionalize.
The Four Part Sequence for Mobilizing Directions.
6. Language Issues.
Acknowledgment.
Appropriate Orientation.
Enrolling Questions.
Getting Responses.
Involving, Don't Tell.
Labels Open/Closed.
Positive Mental Images.
Questions/Clarify/Question.
Sarcasm — Dividing Responses.
Specificity.
Specify the Response.
Suggest the Experience.
Vocal Italics.
7. Designing Interactive Lessons.
The Five Part Model.
Teaching Directly to the Point.
Teaching Backwards.
Making It Memorable.
Appendices.
Appendix A: An Approach to Consider.
Appendix B: The Menu.
Appendix C: A Checklist.
Appendix D: Creating a Presentation.
Appendix E: Organizing an In Service.
Appendix F: Stories.
Appendix G: References.
