25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them [Paperback]

Carolyn M. Orange (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2000 | ISBN-10: 0761975179 | ISBN-13: 978-0761975175 | Edition: 1

Gain valuable insight into how to be a more sensitive and effective teacher by analyzing the mistakes of other teachers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A must-read for new as well as seasoned teachers who want to create a safe and nurturing learning environment for all children."  (Billie S. Mayo, Divisional Assistant )

"The book should be an important teaching tool for preservice teachers, practicing teachers, administrators, and others concerned with effective teaching."

(CHOICE, 2001 )

From the Author

This book will help educators gain valuable insight into how to be a more sensitive and effective teacher by analyzing the mistakes of others. All teachers make mistakes - use of uninformed strategies, impulsive acts, unconventional discipline tactics, inadvertent slights, remarks in jest, and more - and often they're unaware of the impact and long-term effects of their words and actions. Teachers may do and say things that traumatize students, leaving them psychologically scarred from childhood on into adulthood.

Learn how to avoid the most prevalent and hurtful mistakes so that so that students can be more successful learners. The book features over 300 scenarios from teachers recounting their worst experiences as students. In 25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them, she presents brief scenarios in the former students' own words and follows each with an Rx -a prescription for a better solution. These recommendations are based on the author's many years of teaching and sound educational theory.

The result: an important teaching tool for professional and staff development workshops, for pre-service teachers, practicing teachers, administrators, counselors and all others concerned with effective teaching.

The scenarios are organized into six sections: - Discipline - Teacher-Student Relations - Classroom Policy and Practices - Classroom Management and Instruction - Personality and Professionalism - Teaching Style and Behavior

The solutions and recommendations provide teachers with a map to successfully navigate the academic terrain. Whether used for professional or staff development workshops or as a tool for individual teachers, this book offers alternative strategies that will help create better teachers. This book is appropriate for anyone who works with children and may be of interest to anyone who has ever sat in a classroom.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 193 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press; 1 edition (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761975179
• ISBN-13: 978-0761975175
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,452,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unsure, February 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them (Paperback)

I found this book to be shocking. It seemed like one nightmare after antoher. Most of the situations seemed to involve either physical or emotional abuse. Most teachers will not need to read this book. It might be useful for teachers that have been put on probation or some other sort of sanction. I hope that none of the teachers in this book are still teaching.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You mean I SHOULDN'T beat my students?!?, January 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them (Paperback)

The "mistakes" Orange details border on criminal--sexual harassment, affairs with students, corporeal punishment. If you're looking for a book to keep you from getting fired or put behind bars, perhaps you might find this book useful. But if you're a non-deviant teacher looking to actually improve your teaching style and your rapport with students, look elsewhere.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Reflective Opportunity for Teachers, December 2, 2001

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"rsmith67" (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them (Paperback)

I have been an educator for 15 years. This book is the first to actually identify the mistakes teachers make and how these mistakes "traumatize" students. This book affords teachers the opportunity to become aware of how their words and actions can influence the lives of students. 25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them encouraged me to take a reflective look at myself. This book is a must read for new and veteran teachers.