Best Practices for High School Classrooms: What Award-Winning Secondary Teachers Do

by Randi B. Sofman

This practical, step-by-step teaching approach provides the keys to transforming your classroom from teacher-focused to student-focused.  

Genres: Education

240 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 2001

Reviews

[Douglass Gaking · Rating 4 out of 5]

This compilation is a good resource for young secondary teachers. The first part has several articles that deal with classroom management and instructional strategies. The rest of the book is lesson plans in various subject areas. I found 2 lesson plans in my content area that I may adapt and use myself. The lesson plans in other areas are still good models worth reading for ideas about how to organize content, tasks, and the classroom.

[Jean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Award-winning teachers explain classroom success stories. Different chapters discuss different disciplines, yet I found that many ideas were interdisciplinary. Several mentioned resources I plan to purchase for our school library collection, i.e., Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter.

[William Lawrence · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great for young teachers teaching middle and elementary school.