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TEACHING THAT CHANGES LIVES: 12 MINDSET TOOLS FOR IGNITING THE LOVE OF LEARNING MARILEE ADAMS

By: Publication details: BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS, INC. 2013 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIADescription: X, 216 P. PAPERISBN:
  • 978-1-62656-129-8
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370
Contents:
FOREWORD INTRODUCTION: Mindsets for Learning CHAPTER 1 The Alchemy of Inquiry CHAPTER 2 Mindsets Make All the Difference CHAPTER 3 Mapping the Geography of Our Minds CHAPTER 4 Exploring Learner and Judger Mindsets CHAPTER 5 Thinking with New Questions CHAPTER 6 Listening with Learner Ears CHAPTER 7 Questions Out of the Box CHAPTER 8 Easy as ABCD CHAPTER 9 Becoming a Resilient Learner CHAPTER 10 Questioning Assumptions CHAPTER 11 Surprising Collaborators CHAPTER 12 Opening to New Possibilities CHAPTER 13 Staff Meeting Showdown CHAPTER 14 The Question that Changes Everything EPILOGUE The Five Questions WORKBOOK WITH MINDSET TOOLS LEARNER MINDSET ONLINE LEARNING NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE INQUIRY INSTITUTE
Summary: Expands on Adams’s international bestseller Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, which has sold over 100,000 copies and has been published in twenty languages Takes an innovative approach to combating teacher fatigue and student disengagement by cultivating a entirely new mindset that encourages critical and creative thinking Includes twelve exciting tools for quickly and easily implementing this new mindset in both K–12 and higher-education settings, as well as access to a free online course Teaching That Changes Lives is a transformational and practical guide that will enable teachers to make an authentic difference with their students and avoid succumbing to the myriad pressures and challenges of their jobs. In answer to the requests of educators who have flocked to her workshops based on her bestseller Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Marilee Adams shows how, by adopting a new mindset, teachers can rekindle their love of teaching and ignite their students with a love of learning. Using the storytelling format that proved so successful in her previous book, Adams tells how Emma, a sixth-grade teacher on the verge of quitting her job, learns to cultivate what Adams calls the “Learner Mindset”— having the discipline, curiosity, and courage to consistently ask growth-oriented, open-minded questions of oneself and others—and to avoid the close-minded and critical “Judger Mindset.” Emma transforms her classroom, her relationships with her colleagues, and, most importantly, her students’ eagerness for learning and achievement. Teaching is more than imparting facts and skills—it’s preparing students for the test of life. Featuring an innovative, easy-to-follow workbook and access to a Learner Mindset online mini-course , this inspiring book will ensure that teachers and students alike become creative, resilient problem solvers, bridge builders, and lifelong learners.
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FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: Mindsets for Learning

CHAPTER 1 The Alchemy of Inquiry

CHAPTER 2 Mindsets Make All the Difference

CHAPTER 3 Mapping the Geography of Our Minds

CHAPTER 4 Exploring Learner and Judger Mindsets

CHAPTER 5 Thinking with New Questions

CHAPTER 6 Listening with Learner Ears

CHAPTER 7 Questions Out of the Box

CHAPTER 8 Easy as ABCD

CHAPTER 9 Becoming a Resilient Learner

CHAPTER 10 Questioning Assumptions

CHAPTER 11 Surprising Collaborators

CHAPTER 12 Opening to New Possibilities

CHAPTER 13 Staff Meeting Showdown

CHAPTER 14 The Question that Changes Everything

EPILOGUE The Five Questions

WORKBOOK WITH MINDSET TOOLS

LEARNER MINDSET ONLINE LEARNING

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE INQUIRY INSTITUTE

Expands on Adams’s international bestseller Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, which has sold over 100,000 copies and has been published in twenty languages
Takes an innovative approach to combating teacher fatigue and student disengagement by cultivating a entirely new mindset that encourages critical and creative thinking
Includes twelve exciting tools for quickly and easily implementing this new mindset in both K–12 and higher-education settings, as well as access to a free online course

Teaching That Changes Lives is a transformational and practical guide that will enable teachers to make an authentic difference with their students and avoid succumbing to the myriad pressures and challenges of their jobs. In answer to the requests of educators who have flocked to her workshops based on her bestseller Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Marilee Adams shows how, by adopting a new mindset, teachers can rekindle their love of teaching and ignite their students with a love of learning.

Using the storytelling format that proved so successful in her previous book, Adams tells how Emma, a sixth-grade teacher on the verge of quitting her job, learns to cultivate what Adams calls the “Learner Mindset”— having the discipline, curiosity, and courage to consistently ask growth-oriented, open-minded questions of oneself and others—and to avoid the close-minded and critical “Judger Mindset.” Emma transforms her classroom, her relationships with her colleagues, and, most importantly, her students’ eagerness for learning and achievement.

Teaching is more than imparting facts and skills—it’s preparing students for the test of life. Featuring an innovative, easy-to-follow workbook and access to a Learner Mindset online mini-course , this inspiring book will ensure that teachers and students alike become creative, resilient problem solvers, bridge builders, and lifelong learners.

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