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Tune Up Your Teaching & Turn On Student Learning: Move From Common to Transformed Teaching & Learning in Your Classroom Kindle Edition
All teachers want their students to think, learn, and understand. In this helpful guide, veteran educators Dr. JoAnn Jurchan and Dr. Chuck Downing examine what successful teachers are doing—and not doing—to achieve those goals. Often without realizing it, many teachers provide students ways to complete their assignments with minimal effort or comprehension. The problem is how to avoid the “TMI” trap—because Too Much Information can stifle critical thinking.
Tune Up Your Teaching provides clear and detailed methods teachers can use to raise the level of both thinking and learning in their classrooms. Written in a conversational style, Jurchan and Downing use concrete examples in all core areas of education. To clarify critical points, the authors include “He Said She Said” dialogues providing insight into their thought process.
Neither a “cookbook” nor a “one size fits all” solution, Tune Up Your Teaching instead describes a research-based process that can be personally tailored by any teacher to her or his situation.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMorgan James Publishing
- Publication dateJune 1, 2014
- File size4467 KB
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From the Inside Flap
When you read this book, you might find yourself constantly nodding in agreement or laughing in enjoyment! Dr. Jurchan and Dr. Downing truly understand what it means to be a professional, reflective educator, and they effectively share what they have learned in over seventy years (combined) in education. I hope that this book truly is, as they write, a catalyst for some trail blazing in education.- Sara Chai - Science Educator, Montgomery Middle School, Sweetwater Union High School District
From the Back Cover
"While reading, I've thought about it in terms of parenting as well. Not only does it work for teachers, there are points that made me change how I view my role as parent as well."Tiffani Gulbransen - Parent
"I really like the ideas. I think it would be great for professional development! I love the specific examples." Anne Boyer - Teacher, Fort Wayne Community Schools
About the Author
Dr. Chuck Downing began teaching at Monte Vista High School in 1973. He was department chair from 1981- 1995. He has been "San Diego County Teacher of the Year" and won the CIBA-GEIGY Award for Excellence in Science Teaching from NSTA. He was a Christa McAuliffe Fellow in 1992, and he won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching in 1993. In 1994 he was named as a participant in Access Excellence for Biology teachers. In 1996 he accepted an Associate Professorship in Education at Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) and was promoted to full professor in 2000. While at PLNU, he was Director of Teacher Education and taught General Education Biology (lab always and lecture/lab twice) for the Biology Department. From 2004-2012, he taught science at Great Oak High School in the Temecula Valley Unified School District. Chuck retired from K-12 teaching in June 2012. Dr. Downing is co-author of CRANIAL CREATIONS in Life Science and CRANIAL CREATIONS in Physical Science by J. Weston Walch, Publishers. This two-book series of creative exercises emphasizes critical thinking through a variety of strategies. Additionally he has designed Descendent Disks, a genetic simulation activity for students using human genetic traits as the basis of the "game" and Cole Slaw Chemistry, a series of activities using red cabbage juice as a pH indicator, and Biome Bags, a inquiry-based investigation of flora and fauna in world biomes. These kits and two kinesthetic experiential activities Cruisin’ the Circulatory System, Kinesthetic Protein Synthesis are marketed by Science Kit-Boreal Laboratories. Ward's Biology markets a problem-solving, forensic-based laboratory skills assessment kit, Mystery at 323 Maple. He is principal author/editor of a 4-volume series of integrated science books, Making Connections, published by the Grossmont Union High School District, but now out of print. Peoples Education published, AP Biology: Inquiry-infused Laboratory Investigations and Activities with Thinking and Writing Skills, in August of 2010. His first science fiction novel, "Traveler’s HOT-L", will be released by Koehler Books in March, 2014. Chuck is a frequent speaker at science conferences at the local, state, and national levels. Topics covered by his workshops include: critical thinking, creative assignments, integration of curriculum, adding inquiry to laboratory exercises, “bringing about closure,” the importance of kinesthetic activities, and effective questioning techniques. His consulting company, Engage in Science, provides professional development opportunities for school districts nationwide.
Product details
- ASIN : B00KRRMQWG
- Publisher : Morgan James Publishing (June 1, 2014)
- Publication date : June 1, 2014
- Language : English
- File size : 4467 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 322 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,015,471 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,805 in Curricula (Kindle Store)
- #1,912 in Education Classroom Management
- #2,459 in Education Problem Solving
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About the authors
Dr. JoAnn Jurchan is an award winning exemplary educator with a career spanning 36 years as a classroom teacher at the K-12, adult, and university levels. She is an experienced teacher-leader and administrator and has established herself as an innovator in school, program, and curricular design. Dr. Jurchan is a popular professional developer and conference presenter. No matter what the topic, her focus is working with and supporting teachers in their journey towards excellence and sharing methods to energize and cultivate a learning environment that honors all students.
She is a published author on Critical Thinking, Teacher Dispositions, English Language Learner populations, Smaller Learning Communities, Emotional Intelligence, and Character Education.
C. R. (Dr. Chuck) Downing is a retired science teacher and author living in San Diego, California, with his wife and a small, feisty dog named Hogan.
Author of fiction and non-fiction titles, with stories in 2 anthologies, when not writing he enjoys spending time with granddaughters, gardening, and working on Bible lessons for his a Sunday school class and his My Christian Context blog.
FICTION
Traveler’s HOT L Series.
Vol 1. Traveler’s HOT L – The time traveler’s resort
Vol 2. Traveler’s HOT L Vol 2 – More tales from the time traveler’s resort
Vol 3. Reverse Image – A timeless tale from the Traveler’s HOT L
Vol 4. Patterns on Pages – Secrets of the sequenced symbols
Betrayal in Blue - Based on a true story
INSECTICIDE – A Science Fiction Thriller
The Observers – A Science Fiction Odyssey
The Mixer Murder – and other case stories
Sir Isaac's Car: And Other Tales of Daring and Disaster
ANTHOLOGIES
A World Unimagined: An Anthology of Science and Speculative Fiction exploding the boundaries of your imagination.
Mindscapes Unimagined: An Anthology of the Supernatural, Science Fiction, and Horror
NON-FICTION
Idea Farming – A Science Guy’s Read on Writing
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Tune Up Your Teaching and Turn On Student Learning
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