Authors: Rick Wormeli
ISBN-13: 9781571103284, ISBN-10: 1571103287
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Date Published: January 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Rick Wormeli is the teacher you would like to have on your team or in the room next door.
from the Foreword by Ed Brazee
Drawing on the wisdom of educators, researchers, and twenty years of personal experience in the middle school classroom, Rick Wormeli lays out a clear vision of what responsive middle-level teaching can be in Meet Me in the Middle: Becoming an Accomplished Middle-Level Teacher.
Both a "how-to" book and a thoughtful narrative on important topics, Meet Me in the Middle gives you successful strategies for addressing key middle-level teaching challenges, including:
Rick ignites the imagination and commitment of pre-service and beginning teachers and rekindles the motivation of veteran teachers who want to create a high-performance classroom. He effectively demonstrates theory with rich examples from his own teaching. Teacher educators and staff developers will find Meet Me in the Middle to be a wonderful handbook of best practices and insights to share with new teachers, including second-career individuals coming from other professions.
Foreword | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | ||
Pt. 1 | Creating a Culture of Learning | 1 |
1 | Stoking the Fires Within | 1 |
2 | Motivating Young Adolescents | 7 |
3 | Brain Research Applied to Middle School | 19 |
4 | Active Learning | 40 |
5 | Games in the Classroom | 49 |
Pt. 2 | Higher Student Achievement Through Innovative and Accomplished Practice | 59 |
6 | Accountability for High Standards | 59 |
7 | Differentiated Instruction - Fitting the Lesson to the Learner | 68 |
8 | Effective Assessment | 89 |
9 | Planning for Block Scheduling | 102 |
10 | Writing in the Content Areas | 116 |
Pt. 3 | Extending Our Professional Practices | 135 |
11 | Teaming | 135 |
12 | Teacher Advisories - A Proposal for Change | 144 |
13 | Outdoor Adventures | 150 |
14 | Mentoring New Teachers | 164 |
15 | Parents as Partners in Twenty-First-Century Learning | 171 |
16 | National Board Certification | 177 |
17 | The Truth About Middle School Students | 187 |
Appendixes | 193 | |
References | 227 | |
Index | 233 |