Inspiring Active Learning: A Handbook for Teachers

by Merrill Harmin

In this book Merrill Harmin Professor of Education at Southern Illinois University has gathered practical, commonsense strategies many teachers have successfully used to help students become active... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087120228X
• ISBN13: 9780871202284
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The best teaching book I own.

This book gives hundreds of doable methods of interacting with students during a lesson. One of my favorites is called "speak-write". With this method the teacher reads or speaks a small amount of information. Then the speaker is silent for about a minute. Next, students write down anything they remember. A poster will help them jog their memory. The poster is a simple list: 1 summary 2 questions 3 reactions 4 anything else. This gets the students actively involved. It is also a precursor to teaching students how to take notes. Some middle-school teachers get angry when students are writing while they talk. I have the students' rapt attention while I speak. Then when I am quiet students get to interact with the knowledge. Such a simple idea. There are probably hundreds of common-sense ideas like this in Harmin's book. A real boon for NBPTS candidates.

Teaching made simple!

In brief form, Merrill Harmin's book provides a plethera of great teaching strategies that revolve around a common philosophy of DESCA (Dignity, Energy, Self-Managing, Community, Awareness). This is a MUST read for all educators. It is as inspiring as it is helpful.