Inviting Students to Learn: 100 Tips for Talking Effectively with Your Students [Paperback]

Jenny Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2010 | ISBN-10: 1416609032 | ISBN-13: 978-1416609032

We can all remember how great we felt when our favorite teacher praised us for a job well done or a good instructor encouraged us during a tough assignment. We were eager to go the extra mile for these teachers because we knew they believed in us and supported our success. In Inviting Students to Learn, Jenny Edwards shows us how to re-create that same enthusiasm with our own students by choosing our words carefully and creating learning environments that motivate students to be eager to learn and ready to succeed.
Edwards provides 100 practical tips for making subtle yet powerful changes in our conversations with students from how we ask students to do something as simple as turning in their homework on time to how we inspire them to set big goals for the entire school year. Edwards provides suggestions that will help us
Build relationships with your students
Teach more effectively
Help students plan for the future
Respond effectively to students objections
Encourage students
Influence students
Resolve conflicts
Inviting Students to Learn also contains tips for interacting with parents, reaching out to diverse student groups, and using technology to efficiently communicate with students.
Edwards shows us that as we begin to shift our everyday conversations with students, we can boost their self-esteem, improve their knowledge, and increase their desire and willingness to work successfully toward their goals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 169 pages
• Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development (January 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416609032
• ISBN-13: 978-1416609032
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #807,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary book--guaranteed results!, December 20, 2010

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This review is from: Inviting Students to Learn: 100 Tips for Talking Effectively with Your Students (Paperback)

I am a scientist working with a major UN agency and on first glance thought that this book had very little relevance for me. I have managed large and small teams and am used to working in a cross-cultural environment and I figured that teaching techniques would not add value to my day to day efforts to motivate people and get the job done..I was very wrong!

The book is very well written and is also well referenced. The recommendations, which are written in easy to absorb small sections, are documented and based on the published scientific literature. There are checklists and other organization features that will help you to use this book to help others around you to better learn but perhaps most importantly change your own attitude toward motivating others and creating a postive work and/or teaching experience. Despite the obvious academic sophistication, the book is very readable and easy to understand.

The chapters on language tips are worth the price of the book on their own--you will soon find your students (and in my case the most jaded of colleagues) nodding their heads in agreement all through simple yet effective changes in language.

I read a few sections each morning and have given it to staff members to read as well--it has markedly changed our working attitude on our team and has also made us more effective in the organization. My teams' communications are markedly improving and we are achieving better results. Our goal is to use these approaches to effectively change the working environment in the Department!

By the way if you have children or are a teacher or principal the book is of course tailor made for you as well..

Buy this book--you will not be disappointed.