Super Teaching: Over 1000 Practical Strategies [Paperback]

Eric P. Jensen (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 2008 | ISBN-10: 141296332X | ISBN-13: 978-1412963329 | Edition: 4th

This fourth edition offers more than 1,000 brain-friendly strategies and examines standards-based lesson planning, learning styles, and positive teaching mind-sets to enhance student results.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Covers many topics in one book, making it a good reference. The book will appeal to teachers new to the profession and experienced teachers who need a little motivation and a few ideas." (Susan Bailey, Reading Specialist )

"An accumulation of a lot of the knowledge needed to be an effective teacher. Mentors will find the book helpful when working with new teachers." (Linda Munger, Educational Consultant )

"This powerful book makes an incredible contribution to the field of education! It provides numerous opportunities for reader participation in reflections, reactions, and other activities. Most important, it provides ideas and suggestions that will change the lives of children. Every educator should read this book." (Ruth Gharst Waggoner, Principal )

About the Author

Eric Jensen is a former teacher and current member of the Society for Neuroscience and New York Academy of Sciences. He has taught at all levels, from elementary through university level and is currently completing his PhD in human development. In 1981, Jensen cofounded SuperCamp, the nation’s first and largest brain-compatible learning program, now with over 50,000 graduates. He has since written Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Brain-Based Learning, Deeper Learning, Arts with the Brain in Mind, Enriching the Brain, and 21 other books on learning and the brain. A leader in the brain-based movement, Jensen has made over 45 visits to neuroscience labs and interacts with countless neuroscientists. He was the founder of the Learning Brain EXPO and has trained educators and trainers for 25 years worldwide in this field. He is deeply committed to making a positive, significant, lasting difference in the way we learn.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press; 4th edition (September 17, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141296332X
• ISBN-13: 978-1412963329
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

ERIC JENSEN
Background

Eric Jensen has always been passionate about learning. As a child, he seemed to read every book he could find in his own home and any library nearby. There are rumors that he "over-borrowed" from local libraries and a nearby Boy's Club. To make up for that, today he donates back up to 50 books a year to others. He graduated early from high school (age 16) and averaged reading two books a week in college. He graduated with distinction with a bachelor's degree in English. Even today, Eric is still learning, completing his doctorate in Human Development from Fielding Graduate University.

As a teacher, Eric has worked with a wide range of students. He taught middle school, high school students though a private school, focusing on reading and study skills. While he began as a completely average teacher in terms of technique, he's always been know for his passion for learning. Later, he became adjunct faculty for three universities, serving as a professor for adult learners at the University of California at San Diego, National University and the University of San Diego. In 1988, Jensen was selected as an Outstanding Young Man of America.

In the workplace, Eric Jensen co-founded the world's largest brain-compatible academic enrichment program, SuperCamp, which now has over 50,000 graduates. In 1985, he founded Turning Point and which later became Jensen Learning with over 50,000 educators attending programs. These programs introduced the science of teaching and learning to teachers from around the world. Eric Jensen has introduced brain-based teaching to Denmark, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, New Zealand and other countries. Jensen was the founder of the Learning Brain EXPO, the world's first conference that linked neuroscience to everyday educational practices.

Part of the leadership in the field is literary scholarship. Jensen has authored ten journal publications to his credit, twenty-six full-length books through five different publishers. Jensen has appeared on over 250 television and radio stations, both domestic and international including CNN. Articles on his work have appeared in USA Today, CNN, Wall Street Journal and major educational journals such as Education Leadership, Education Week and PDK International/ Phi Delta Kappan. His work has appeared in The South China Post and he's been interviewed on stations in Asia and his books have been translated into 15 languages including Chinese.

Jensen is currently an active member of the Society for Neuroscience, The President's Club at Salk Institute of Biological Studies, NY Academy of Science, American Psychological Association and International Mind, Brain and Education Society. Jensen is on the Advisory Board for Body, Mind and Child in Barnstead, New Hampshire. He is a partner and consultant in the Temporal Dynamics Learning Center Project at University of California at San Diego. This project involves over 50 scientists and affiliates to bring neuroscience into the classroom.

Later, with his passion for neuroscience, Jensen made over 45 visits to neuroscience laboratories to interact with countless scientists. At the world-renowned Salk Institute of Biological Studies, Jensen is a member of the select President's club, which interacts often with neuroscientists as well as supports their work financially. Jensen has become one of the leading translators in the world of neuroscience into education. Currently he is the Master Trainer and Consultant to the Association of Brain-based Learning in Education in Hong Kong. This is the first long-term brain-based program focusing on classroom pedagogy in Asia. (http://www.brainbased.net).

Jensen's best known books are Teaching with the Brain in Mind, SuperTeaching, Enriching the Brain and Teaching with Poverty in Mind. He's an incurable writer who seems obsessed with doing another book every year.

Customer Reviews

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41 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have book for beginning teachers., June 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Super Teaching (Paperback)

Excellent examples and lists to use the next day in class. A very practical and meaningful source of information for teachers. If you want to start teaching for learning, this is the book to get you there and you'll have fun doing it. As well as your students!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Child Left Behind made easy, August 11, 2006

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Ben T. Larson "lastliberal" (Leesburg, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SuperTeaching (Paperback)

TNT will present the Ron Clark Story on Sunday night. Friends star, Matthew Perry, will play the teacher that cared about his students. Watching the movie will give you an idea of what Super Teaching is all about.

The theme of Super Teaching is also embodied in the quote from Senator Robert Kennedy:

"Some men see things that are and ask `Why?' and others see things the way they could be and ask `Why not?'"

Both Ron Clark and Sen. Robert Kennedy, along with Eric Jensen are people who ask "Why not?" They are not satisfied with the way things are and they want them to change. Jensen gave us a guide book to becoming an effective teacher - a way to shake up the way things have always been done. Jensen shows a way to get away from the teacher-centric classroom that turns learners off to a learner-centered lab where students can grow and achieve.

There are over 1000 tips in this book. It would take pages to do them justice. There are tips on learner planning, not lesson planning; tips on the classroom environment, with a huge emphasis on music; tips that address ways to reach Gardner's Multiple Intelligences; ways to make discipline effective; establishing relationships with your students; and how to do effective assessment of learning. It is almost a teacher certification program in one book.

I found that this book has more answers that I could ever formulate into questions. It is an invaluable tool that I will read over and over again. I truly believe that is every teacher used the tips presented in this book, then there would actually be No Child Left Behind!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A teacher must have!, September 13, 2005

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mswaun "super teacher in training" (Memphis, Tn) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Super Teaching (Paperback)

I encountered this book through one of my professors in grad school and I just had to get my own. It touchs on several topics that all teachers should be interested in. It is exactly what the title implies super book. I thought it would be helpful to have professionaly instead several different books on various topics and I am glad I got it.