Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids: 2nd Edition:

by Chris Biffle

With five Amazon.com best sellers, joy-filled classrooms in 100+ countries, 100,000 Facebook Likes, 140,000 podcast downloads, 10,000,000 YouTube views and education’s largest library of class- room videos, Whole Brain Teaching (WBT) is one of the world’s premier instructional systems. This second edition's massive upgrade features expanded coverage of brain structure, with special focus on Beloved Rascals, updated research on teaching children in high poverty schools, modular organization simplifying classroom implementation, a host of new strategies that nurture social-emotional skills, a pacing guide at the end of every instructional chapter, reading, math, critical thinking, and writing units fully integrated into WBT's reward for improvement system, a Monday through Friday strategy for teaching virtuous behavior, access to 100+ classroom ready illustrations. For information on WBT's lively professional development seminars email PD@WholeBrainTeaching.com.

292 pages, Paperback

Published May 31, 2023

Reviews

[Christie]

This book is overwhelming! There’s a lot to think about, a lot to implement, and I don’t know if I can do it. I know I am not consistent in following through on giving points or taking time to teach what I really NEED to teach. What I do know is that what I’ve been doing for the last 26 years is not working for me or for my classes. Something has got to give—I’m tired and not enjoying my job anymore. I’m willing to give WBT a try. Start small, try the Magic Circle and Starries. I’ll add on from there.

[Sarah Schofield · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some great ideas in here - particularly for improving explicit instruction - but I find a lot of the strategies are really overwhelming and kind of overcomplicated for someone who’s starting out (I had to reread some chapters several times to understand Super Improver). Doesn’t necessarily fit my context but I can absolutely see why it’s so popular in the States.

Man are they obsessed with dice rolls though.

[Victoria Carrier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of great information!