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| Classroom Teaching Skills, by James Cooper (Editor) (8th edition) (2006). A self-instructional book designed to help teachers acquire basic teaching skills for classroom management, questioning, higher-order thinking, and cooperative learning. Discipline in the Secondary Classroom: A Positive Approach to Behavior Management, by Randall S. Sprick (2nd edition) (2006). Discipline and lack of motivation are two of the most vexing problems facing teachers today. This book gives high school teachers step-by-step guidance for designing a behavior-management plan that will help prevent misbehavior and increase student motivation. This hands-on resource contains easy-to-implement strategies that are proactive, instructional, and effective. Elementary Classroom Management: Lessons from Research and Practice, by Carol Simon Weinstein and Andrew Mignano, Jr. (4th edition) (2006). Written in conversational style, this book combines what research has to say about effective classroom management with knowledge culled from practice. The text shows how four teachers in very different school settings create classrooms that are orderly and productive, yet humane and caring. Inside Mrs. B's Classroom, by Leslie Baldacci (2003). This book is reporter-turned-teacher Leslie Baldacci's extraordinary memoir of life in the trenches of inner-city teaching. She takes us inside the classroom and introduces a colorful cast of characters—both students and teachers alike. Developing strong (and absolutely essential) bonds with her fellow teachers proves to be her saving grace, but surprisingly, her students become her greatest inspiration. An entertaining and motivating story of success that reveals how one person can make a difference in the lives of students. Looking in Classrooms, by Thomas Good and Jere Brophy (9th edition) (2003). Devoting particular attention to current issues, such as integrating traditional methods with constructivist, cooperative, and culturally diverse learning styles, this book provides teachers with the latest research and concrete skills to observe and interpret the classroom behavior of both teachers and students. Teaching with Fire: Poetry that Sustains the Courage to Teach, by Sam Intrator and Megan Scribner (editors) (2003). A wonderful collection of 88 poems from such well-loved poets as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, and Pablo Neruda. Each of these evocative poems is accompanied by a brief story from a teacher explaining the significance of the poem in his or her life's work. Suggestions for how poetry can be used to grow both personally and professionally are also included. |