The Fearless Classroom A Practical Guide to Experiential Learning Environments [Hardcover]

Students learn better when they arent afraid to take risks and make mistakes. In this book, teacher and popular blogger Joli Barker shows you how to make K-8 students fearless in the classroom so they can engage in deeper learning. Youll discover how to abandon the notion of the teacher as the primary source of information, and instead create a classroom environment in which students can explore problems, test theories, and play games through curiosity, imagination, adaptability, and a passion for learning.

Find out how to&

• Create fearless learning environments;
• Engage in fearless planning and lesson design;
• Use fearless grading and assessments;
• Teach fearless gamification;
• Develop fearless parent relations; and
• Get students to ask fearless questions.

Throughout the book, youll find suggested activities for science, social studies, language arts, and math, as well as tools such as rubrics to assist you on your journey.

Contents

Meet the Author

From the Author

Preface

Foreword

Chapter One: Defining Fearlessness:

Part One: The Fearless Educator

Part Two: The Fearless Student

Part Three: The Fearless Approach

Part Four: The Fearless Administrator

Chapter Two: Creating Fearless Learning Environments:

ICAP Rotations

ICAP: the Specifics

Imagination

Curiosity

Adaptation

Passion

Chapter Three: Fearless Planning and Lesson Design

Chapter Four: Fearless Grading

Chapter Five: Fearless Assessing of Skills