Going Against the Grain: Supporting the Student-Centered Teacher

By Elizabeth Aaronsohn

Here is helpful evidence and support to counter the criticism as you encourage your pre-service teachers to develop constructivist curricula. Guide them as they learn to foster students′ problem solving skills, life-long learning habits, and individual interests. Aaronsohn gives you a rich case study showing the challenges that face Sheila, a new, student-centered teacher. As Sheila struggles to overcome resistance from other teachers in her new school, she learns how to handle her own uncertainties about her non-traditional curriculum. Help your teachers: * Experience and claim their own effectiveness as student-centered teachers * See teaching as a process, not a product * Develop their own choices * Focus on the real needs and the abilities of the students * Help you be a better mentor, and more. You′ll find just the spark you need to begin--or continue-- a supportive mentoring program, to give pre-service and new teachers positive reinforcement for using student-centered practices. This new book is filled with real-life lessons to help you "go against the grain."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803962983
• ISBN13: 9780803962989
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"