What Is It about Me You Can′t Teach?: An Instructional Guide for the Urban Educator

By James A. Bellanca and Eleanor Renée Rodríguez

Book Overview

This second edition provides strategies to increase student engagement, develop cognitive skills, and empower students to take responsibility for their own learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412937647
• ISBN13: 9781412937641
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

urban teaching

This book gives a good overview of strategies and understanding for urban teaching. The book covers expectations, controlling behavior, goal planning, self-change, and understanding to higher achievement. As a new teacher this book is helpful to gain insight on child behavior and on urban school environments.

How to delivery high-quality education in any environment

Eleanor Renee Rodriguez and James Bellanca's WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME YOU CAN'T TEACH? AN INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE FOR THE URBAN EDUCATOR blends classroom expectations and standards with research-based practices to show teachers how to delivery high-quality education in any environment. The focus here is on urban students, developing strategies that help students take responsibility and control of the learning process. Chapters present four basic comprehension strategies and pair these ideas with tactics for success.