Teaching Content Outrageously

by Stanley Pogrow

Book Overview

A powerful instructional method for "hooking" students on academic learning

Drawing from a teaching model designed to banish boredom and student apathy, this book explains how dramatic practices can serve as powerful tools for enlivening lessons and captivating students, even the most resistant learners. Filled with intriguing classroom examples, Pogrow shows how any teacher can make use of dramatic techniques, such as surprise, humor, fantasy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470180269
• ISBN13: 9780470180266
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.2"