Tuned in and Fired Up : How Teaching Can Inspire Real Learning in the Classroom

by Sam M. Intrator; Foreword by Elliot W. Eisner

• ISBN13: 9780300100228
• ISBN10: 0300100221
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-09-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

In this book, Sam M. Intrator analyzes powerful learning moments in a high school classroom. He offers five detailed case study portraits of these experiences, describing in each case how the teacher shaped the culture of the class, made critical pedagogical decisions, and connected students to the subject matter. He confirms that teachers can set the stage to encourage more magical learning moments and suggests numerous practical ideas to help them do so.

Author Biography

Sam M. Intrator is assistant professor of education and child study at Smith College.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Gratitudes
"The Kids Were on Fire": On the Nature of Inspired Learning and Potent Teaching	p. 1
Spans of Time That Don't Glow: A Portrait of Everyday Life at Stanton High	p. 15
Seeing the World in a Plot of Grass: Discovering the Enchanting Power of the Aesthetic	p. 23
Forging Community: An Episode of Deep Connection	p. 49
Grasping Insight: An Episode of Coming to Know Yourself	p. 69
Doing Good: An Episode of Enacting Virtue	p. 83
Tangling with the Unspeakable: An Episode of Facing Conflict in Conversation	p. 105
Caught! Common Features in the Episodes	p. 121
A Letter to a Colleague	p. 133
Author's Note and Methods	p. 153
Notes	p. 157
Index	p. 165
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