The best teacher in you : how to accelerate learning and change lives

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What does teaching look like at its very best? How are great teachers able to ignite a love of learning and change students’ lives? In this book you’ll learn from seven remarkable teachers who stretch beyond the conventional foundations of good teaching to transform their classrooms into exciting, dynamic places where teachers and students cocreate the learning experience. Based on six years of extensive work, the book outlines a framework that identifies four dimensions of effective teaching and learning that are integrated in these highly effective teachers’ classrooms—and that all teachers can use to recognize and release the potential in themselves and their students Content: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Becoming the Best Teacher in You: A Process, Not a Destination -- ch. 2 Embracing Connections: Integrating Essential Elements -- ch. 3 Opening the Mind: Embracing Deep Change -- ch. 4 Opening the Heart: Enhancing Relationships -- ch. 5 Empowering the Soul: Developing Yourself -- ch. 6 Empowering Others: Teaching That Transforms -- ch. 7 A Process for Development: Embedding Self-Reflection -- CONCLUSION: STRATEGIES FOR MOVING FORWARD -- Resource A The Reflect Assessment -- Resource B Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument for Classrooms -- Resource C Appreciative Inquiry Protocol -- Resource D Interview Protocol -- Resource E Online Tools and Resources.