Best Practice, Third Edition: Today's Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's Schools

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So far I have only read 2 chapters (as required for a class), but found them very informative. The authors summed up the situation accurately in my mind concerning the political vs. educational viewpoint of assessment. This book is also well written and easy to read. I look forwrd to reading more.

This book is essential to recognizing that if we want to prepare our kids for the world they will actually live in we must teach in a way that prepares them for that world. The requirement in teaching and learning today is to produce thinking students who can read and write and compute while discriminating between fact and fiction; students who can seek new vistas of solutions and ask questions that offer new possibilities! Our world demands not rote facts and content but how to use knowledge to evaluate new insights, directions and solutions. It all begins in the classrooms with teachers who inspire students. Sadly, there are still many classrooms that are teacher directed with passive learners. The book offers specific strategies that when increased can re-engage, motivate and inspire our students today. I believe eager, motivated and inspired students is essential for our world's future!

Book was delivered on time. I would purchase from seller again. Thank you very much.

This book is a really good resource for teachers. I recommend it as as a textbook for courses that prepare teachers for certification.