Angela Maiers
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“The Passion-Driven Classroom” (2017)
Turn your classroom into a thriving community of learners! In The Passion-Driven Classroom, bestselling authors Angela Maiers and Amy Sandvold show you how to spark and sustain your students’ energy, excitement, and love of learning. This updated edition offers a new framework for changing your mindset and implementing a passion-driven classroom, where passion meets practice every day as students learn new skills and explore their talents. You’ll come away with specific examples of how to set up your classroom, how to manage it, and how to assign passion projects where students take the lead. With this book, you’ll be able to move away from prescription-driven learning toward Passion-Driven Learning, so you can make a real difference in the lives of your students.
“Liberating Genius” (2016)
Imagine a classroom where passiondriven genius work is not extracurricular, but is a part of the routine. Students are invited and expected to collaborate to support each other's genius; to experiment with ideas, discover new possibilities and make epic things happen. Genius Hour is a nearly unprecedented opportunity for teachers to guide students in how to be effective learners and citizens, by helping them connect what they do in school to the broader community. It's our job to nurture our geniuses so they can change the world. Join us today to unlock a world of genuine curiosity and wonder.
“Classroom Habitudes (Revised edition): Teaching Habits and Attitudes for 21st Century Learning” (2012)
You know students need to acquire 21st century skills. But how do you work those skills into the curriculum? Learn how to use the content you already teach to challenge students to think critically, collaborate with others, solve new problems, and adapt to change across new learning contexts. Help students build the seven habitudes--habits of disciplined decisions and specific attitudes--they need to succeed. Benefits - Take advantage of simple, fast methods to teach critical 21st century skills. - Learn a set of transferable concepts that you can teach and students can apply across every grade level and discipline. - Explore model lessons to help students become critical, creative, and strategic learners. - Nurture self-motivation, a key ingredient for student achievement. - Help students develop habits and attitudes that sustain effort and accomplishment both in and out of school. - Use this new shared language to build a culture of learning.
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