The Passion-Driven Classroom: A Framework for Teaching and Learning - Hardcover

Maiers, Angela; Sandvold, Amy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138227730 ISBN 13: 9781138227736

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Turn your classroom into a thriving community of learners! In The Passion-Driven Classroom, bestselling authors Angela Maiers and Amy Sandvold show you how to spark and sustain your students’ energy, excitement, and love of learning. This updated edition offers a new framework for changing your mindset and implementing a passion-driven classroom, where passion meets practice every day as students learn new skills and explore their talents. You’ll come away with specific examples of how to set up your classroom, how to manage it, and how to assign passion projects where students take the lead. With this book, you’ll be able to move away from prescription-driven learning toward Passion-Driven Learning, so you can make a real difference in the lives of your students.

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About the Author

Angela Maiers is a leading education consultant and keynote speaker. She is the author of six books, and her You Matter talk at TEDxDesMoines has been viewed several hundred thousand times. Angela is the founder of Choose2Matter, a global movement that challenges and inspires students to work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to social problems.

Amy Sandvold is practicing her passion as a third-grade teacher at Highland Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa. She has been both an elementary and middle school principal for an Apple Distinguished Campus for 1-1 technology integration. She has been an Education Programs Consultant for the Iowa Department of Education. She co-authored The Fundamentals of Literacy Coaching.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1138227730
• ISBN 13: 9781138227736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 148