Battling Boredom, Part 1
Battling Boredom, Part 1

Author: Bryan Harris

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-02-21

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 0429619138

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Drive boredom out of your classroom – and keep it out – with the student-engagement strategies in this book. You’ll learn how to gain and sustain the attention of your students from the moment the bell rings. Perfect for teachers of all subjects and grade levels, these ready-to-use activities go head-to-head with student boredom and disengagement, resulting in class time that’s more efficient, more educational, and loads more fun! Contents include: Strategies to Begin a Lesson Strategies to End a Lesson Strategies for Solo/Independent Work Strategies for the Whole Group Strategies for Engaging Reluctant Learners Bonus: The book also features a Quick Guide to Parent Engagement, with loads of suggestions for increasing student engagement by partnering with families. Companion Book Available! For more strategies, don’t miss the companion book Battling Boredom, Part 2. Bryan Harris teams up with technology integration expert and former teacher Lisa Bradshaw to provide additional activities on academic talk, feedback to boost student performance, meaningful writing and reflection prompts, movement-based activities, effective classroom technology integration, and more!

Battling Boredom, Part 2
Battling Boredom, Part 2

Author: Bryan Harris

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1351857509

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Drive boredom out of your classroom—and keep it out—with the student engagement strategies in this book. In the first Battling Boredom, bestselling author Bryan Harris offered strategies on beginning a lesson, ending a lesson, small group work, and large group work. Now in Battling Boredom Part 2, Harris teams up with technology integration expert and former teacher Lisa Bradshaw to provide additional strategies on new topics such as academic talk, feedback, writing, classroom technology, and more. You’ll learn how to: Increase the quality and effectiveness of feedback to boost student performance. Engage students in meaningful reflection with writing prompts and exercises. Reenergize a lethargic class using movement-based activities. Integrate technology to create a more enriching classroom experience for students. Encourage students to speak up, share their ideas, and talk about their learning. With this toolbox of instructional strategies, you’ll have even more ways to end student boredom before it begins, resulting in class time that’s more efficient, more educational, and loads more fun!

Battling Boredom
Battling Boredom

Author: Bryan Harris

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-02

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1317926420

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Drive boredom out of your classroom - and keep it out - with the student-engagement strategies in this book. You'll learn how to gain and sustain the attention of your students from the moment the bell rings. Perfect for teachers of all subjects and grade levels, these activities go head-to-head with student boredom and disengagement, resulting in class time that's more efficient, more educational, and loads more fun!Author Bryan Harris, an expert in student engagement and classroom management, has extensive experience in K-12 motivation and brain-based learning. In this book, he brings togeth.

The Routledge International Handbook of Boredom
The Routledge International Handbook of Boredom

Author: Maik Bieleke

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-04-30

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 1040018262

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This comprehensive text is a unique handbook dedicated to research on boredom. The book brings together leading contributors from across three continents and numerous fields to provide an interdisciplinary exploration of boredom, its theoretical underpinnings, its experiential properties, and the applied contexts in which it occurs. Boredom is often viewed as a mental state with little utility, though recent research suggests that it can be a powerful motivator of human behavior that shapes our actions in many ways. The book examines boredom from a range of perspectives and is comprised of three parts. Part I delves into the theoretical approaches to boredom, presenting methods for its measurement, explaining when and why boredom occurs, and scrutinizing the impact it has on our behavior. Part II focuses on the psychological and neural properties of boredom and its associations with a multitude of mental and interpersonal processes, such as self-control, mind-wandering, flow, and aggression. Part III presents boredom in practical contexts like school and work, and sheds light on its role for health-related behaviors, psychosocial well-being, and aesthetic experiences. The book concludes by summarizing the state of boredom research, identifying promising areas for future research, and providing directions for how research on boredom can be advanced. As the authoritative book on boredom, this handbook is an essential resource for students and researchers of psychology, sociology, education, sport science, and computer science.

Engaging Students Using Cooperative Learning
Engaging Students Using Cooperative Learning

Author: John D. Strebe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-20

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1351713949

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Motivate your students and create an engaging classroom environment with the time-tested strategies in this book. Drawing on over 35 years of experience, author and consultant John D. Strebe offers a wealth of advice for teachers who want to encourage collaboration and team learning among students of all grade levels. This expanded second edition includes activities and examples across the subject areas, as well as new reproducible tools for classroom use. Topics include... Building enthusiasm and increasing student development with games, mini competitions, and team projects. Implementing new seating arrangements that promote discussion and participation. Keeping students engaged during lectures and presentations. Facilitating group work by organizing students into teams based on academic skills and personal traits. And more! John D. Strebe taught secondary mathematics for 38 years in the Maryland public schools. He conducts workshops for teachers across the country, providing instruction on setting up a cooperative and engaging classroom.

The Resilient School Leader
The Resilient School Leader

Author: Bryan Harris

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-18

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1000863069

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Learn practical ways to manage the stress of being a school leader so you can get the most out of your career. In this follow up to the bestseller 17 Things Resilient Teachers Do (and Four Things They Hardly Ever Do), Bryan Harris and Janet Gilbert present strategies to help school leaders build resilience on a daily basis. Topics covered include focusing on purpose, prioritizing relationships, protecting your time, refining communication, being mindful and self-aware, recognizing and combatting burnout, taking risks, forgiving and apologizing, understanding change, and having fun. Each of the 20 short chapters presents a concise summary of the topic, a deeper look at what it means, and a list of practical applications that you can implement right away. With this guidebook, you’ll feel ready to bounce back from challenges and stay focused on the many rewards of leadership.

Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum
Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum

Author: Linda Yaron Weston

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-11-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1000755606

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Written by a teacher for teachers, Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum is an integrative approach to pedagogy for educators at the high school and college level to survive, thrive, and sustain in the profession. Blending theory, research, and practice for a comprehensive program for teachers to incorporate well-being tools into the classroom, each of the book’s five foundations includes engaging information, strategies, real-world examples, interactive reflection questions, and activities that can be directly applied to teaching and life. Practical guidance in designing real-world curriculum is offered alongside accessible strategies for engagement, investment, and active learning in student-centered classrooms. An essential guide for teachers, it includes techniques for incorporating well-being that are grounded in culturally responsive teaching, trauma-informed instruction, mental health, resilience, and emotional literacy. Teachers will also gain insight on how to make the career sustainable through practices for self-compassion and authentic self-care so they can not only survive, but flourish in and out of school. For all the challenges that students and teachers face, this book defines what it means, and what it takes, to teach in today’s classrooms.

17 Things Resilient Teachers Do
17 Things Resilient Teachers Do

Author: Bryan Harris

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-11-16

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 100021818X

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This book will help you learn practical ways to manage the stress of teaching and avoid burnout. Bestselling author and educational consultant Bryan Harris presents strategies for building resilience, including reframing, understanding the power of "no", focusing on what you can control, building positive relationships, advocating for yourself, and more. Each chapter clearly presents concise and practical applications that you can implement right away. With this guidebook, you’ll feel ready to bounce back from challenges and stay focused on the joys of the profession.

Beat Boredom
Beat Boredom

Author: Martha Rush

Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1625311494

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Are your students bored in class? According to research, a majority of American high school students report being bored in class and fewer than 5% claimed that they were rarely bored during a typical day in school. Former journalist and veteran teacher Martha Rush decided this would not do for her Minnesota students. Moving beyond asking open-ended questions and making connections to their own lives, Martha began to engage her government, journalism, and economics classes in meaty discussions, competitions, simulations, and authentic work, like running a newspaper or starting a business. Building on her more than 800 interviews with high school graduates, she offers up strategies in all subject areas for active engagement, moving way beyond traditional passive memorization of information. She describes how to create innovative experiences in your classroom, and shares her own lessons and her students' work. Beat Boredom will help you join the ranks of teachers who have challenged the status quo and found ways to motivate even the most reluctant learners.