Two Parts Textbook, One Part Love: A Recipe for Successful Teaching

by LouAnne Johnson

If there was ever a single book that enables you to survive through teacher training and during your first teaching post THIS HAS GOT TO BE IT! ¾D.P. Byers, United Kingdom, reader review, Amazon.com From the author of Dangerous Minds. Suggestions, advice, and information to help any teacher create a dynamic and successful classroom.

Genres: Nonfiction, Education, Teaching, Self Help

304 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1998

About the author

LouAnne Johnson is a former U.S. Navy journalist, Marine Corps officer, high school teacher, and the author of The New York Times bestseller Dangerous Minds (originally My Posse Don't Do Homework). In 1989, LouAnne began teaching reading and writing to non-English speakers as an intern at a high school in California. Since then LouAnne has taught English, adult basic education, developmental reading and writing at high schools and colleges. She also designs and presents workshops in classroom management and motivation. LouAnne has presented keynote and commencement addresses to numerous organizations, including the National School Boards Association, the National Council on Curriculum Development, National University and the European Council of International Schools. She has appeared on several TV shows, including Oprah, CBS Eye to Eye, NBC Weekend Today, Maury Povich, Tom Snyder, and CNN."

At present, she lives in rural New Mexico with her adopted canine companion, Nellie, and an adjunct instructor for an online alternative licensure program for future teachers.

Reviews

[Ivonne Rovira · Rating 5 out of 5]

If life were fair and our culture were as interested in the welfare of children as it pretends to be, LouAnne Johnson, most famous for Dangerous Minds, the book that served as the basis for the movie of the same name, would instead be famous for this book. Why? Simply because it is the best book ever for new teachers assigned to tough or alternative schools. Bar none. Better than Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College (a definite five-star how-to book that I love), better than the excellent Successful Classroom Management: Real-World, Time-Tested Techniques for the Most Important Skill Set Every Teacher Needs, and the much-vaunted Fred Jones’ Tools for Teaching: Discipline•Instruction•Motivation (nothing in Jones’ book that you can’t get better from someone else in another book). And unless you’re the rare first-year high-school teacher headed to an affluent suburban school, you’re better off reading this than even The First Days Of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher by Rosemary and Harry K. Wong.

You’ll find yourself re-reading this gem time and again to remind yourself why you went into teaching and to remind yourself that, yes, you really can do this and you really can dramatically change lives. Even if you teach at an affluent school in exurbia or suburbia, reading this account of how to excel in a life in the trenches will give you great ideas on respecting your students and knowing that, no matter where you teach, students bring lots of baggage from home.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned to be a much better teacher! Louanne Johnson is a rare gem in a sea of educators.

[Karin · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book! Lots of great teaching tips. On top of that, she tells what she says to students who ask her about drugs, smoking, sex/pregnancy, alcohol. That alone is worth reading the book for!

[Chloe Glynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally! TPT, OPL is a teacher's handbook that is densely practical and immensely readable.