What's a new teacher supposed to do when "she's trying to be nice and they're setting fires in the bathroom?"OAKLAND TEENAGERThis innovative approach to teaching teenagers comes from the point of view of students in today's hard-pressed urban high schools, where the teacher shortage has reached crisis proportions. It speaks to both new and established teachers, giving them first-hand information about who their students are and what they need to succeed.Forty students from three cities contributed perceptive and pragmatic answers to questions of how teachers can transcend the barriers of adolescent identity and culture to reach the diverse pupils in today's urban schools. Their responses are grouped into chapters on increasing engagement and motivation, teaching difficult academic material, reaching English language learners, and creating a classroom cultures where respect and success go hand in hand.
- ISBN10 1595585702
- ISBN13 9781595585707
- Publish Date 1 September 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint New Press
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 204
- Language English