Teaching that Matters Engaging Minds, Improving Schools [Hardcover]

Teaching That Matters is a delightful concoction of philosophical and psychological reflections and provocations on the art of teaching. Creative teachers will find Frank Thomss book highly engaging and his practical teaching recommendations enormously useful.In education, we have a choice. We can continue to educate students the same deadening way they have always learned or we can follow innovative teachers, like Frank Thoms, and make a better choice. He presents a vision of schools where teachers want to teach and classrooms where students want to learn. This invitation is refreshing at a time when educators feel overwhelmed by the demands of standards and testing. Thoms, a seasoned teacher himself, paints compelling pictures of teachers who show us there is a better waya way to learn alongside students, engage students in creative and thoughtful work, and bring liveliness into the classroom. An inspirational book to read if you want to breathe new life into your classroom or school!Frank Thoms presents thoughtful, challenging ideas that demonstrate respect for teacher, student, and the subject matter itself. Well done!!Frank Thoms provides an ocean of experience-based ideas. He puts them in a context of what teaching and learning can be or ought to be, rather than what, in too many classrooms, they have deteriorated into.?His ideas and settings are married well and stated in vivid language that relates educators at all levels. His Table of Contents should make educators salivate!What makes a favorite teacher, the one you remember and thank for your whole life? Teacher Frank Thoms was one of them, and as he explains, it requires moving beyond conventional ideas, adapting your teaching to individual students, and listening to them. This book is a page turner of new ideas and effective strategies.Frank Thoms understands that teaching is an enormously complex activity. A career classroom teacher, he knows that teachers teach best and students learn best when theylÓÎ