Teaching Content Outrageously How to

A powerful instructional method for "hooking" students on academic learningDrawing 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, role plays, games, and simulations to create standards-based content lessons that are riveting, effective, and meaningful. The author explains how to design such lessons into any content area.Stanley Pogrow (San Francisco, CA), a noted authority on teaching practices for disadvantaged students, is professor of educational leadership at San Francisco State University, where he coordinates the Educational Leadership for Equity Program.

Bob Wise, former governor of West Virginia from 2001–2005 and nine-term member of Congress, is president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a national policy and advocacy organization that works to ensure that all students graduate from high school prepared for success. In his term as governor, Wise gained renown for his many education initiatives. Since joining the Alliance in 2005, Wise has become a sought-after speaker and advisor on education issues. The Alliance is based in Washington, DC?(www.all4ed.org).

About This Book	p. vii
About the Author	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Why Teach Outrageously in All the Content Areas?	p. 1
Perspectives on Dramatizing Content Instruction	p. 17
From Discipline to Outrageous Teaching: Classroom Use of Dramatic Techniques	p. 39
How to Design Outrageous Lessons: Essential Steps	p. 69
Outrageous Lessons: Examples from the Classroom	p. 89
Suspense and Surprise: Why Outrageous Lessons Work	p. 143
Getting Started	p. 165
So...Let's Do It!	p. 185
The Origins of Drama	p. 193
Games and Quizzes-Selected Resources	p. 197
Simulation Units-Selected Resources	p. 201
Lesson Plans for the Sample Lessons	p. 207
Teaching Outrageously in the Early Grades	p. 221
References	p. 225
Index	p. 229
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Teaching Content Outrageously How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning, Grades 4-12

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