Teaching Students to Drive Their Learning: A Playbook on Engagement and Self-Regulation, K-12

by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Sarah Ortega

The honest truths, tools, and teaching that lead to student engagement High levels of engagement―it’s not an impossible dream. But to attain it we need to focus on what galvanizes learning, and ensure we are offering the tools and mindsets with which students can lean in. In this playbook, an ace team of educators give us the goods to guide self-starting learners. Nine modules show us how Our job as teachers is to guide learning experiences that build knowledge and self-efficacy. But from there, we need to stay on the sidelines and let students play. Only then will they develop the muscle to persevere, the strategic actions to excel, and the confidence to make our curriculum the springboard of their own dreams and goals.

208 pages, Spiral-bound

Published May 26, 2023

About the author

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is an educator and Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College.

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Reviews

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book. Its format didn’t encourage me to “keep reading,” but my interest in it did, so that’s okay. I did so much highlighting and writing in the margins - lots of great info. There are sections that repeat content from other Fisher/Frey books, so I wouldn’t recommend typical teachers read multiple books.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I quite liked this book and liked its modeling of the very engagement it was trying to teach.

[Lexi Messenger · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn’t my favorite PD book. It felt repetitive and detached from the realities of a classroom teacher.