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Beyond Worksheets
Creative Ways to Teach and Engage Students
“This book provides powerful paradigm shifts for educators. As a lifetime global educator, Amy is able to weave practical ideas with transformative outcomes. A must read whether you’ve been teaching one year or fifty.” “Moving away from worksheets is not about discarding all structure; Amy does a great job of explaining this, instead she talks about creating a learning environment that fosters collaboration, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving. By replacing passive learning with active engagement, we empower students to become not just consumers of knowledge, but creators, collaborators, and leaders in shaping the future . . . which are the essential skills for success in a rapidly changing world today.” “At a time when education faces a crisis of engagement and relevance, Amy Mayer's Beyond Worksheets emerges as a beacon of hope and transformation. This pivotal book directly addresses the urgent need for a paradigm shift in teaching methods, championing innovative yet practical, learner-centered approaches to design meaningful, personalized, and awesome experiences for every learner.”
—Sarah Gould, Ed.D., Global Education Practitioner and Researcher
—Kevin Hodges, Texas, K12 LCS Lead,Google for Education
—Christopher Bugaj, MA CCC-SLP
Amy Minter Mayer (Author)
9781394200115, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 5 June 2024
288 pages
22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.295 kg
Make better use of the tools you already have to improve learning outcomes and improve your work-life balance Beyond Worksheets helps K-12 teachers make learning fun, engaging, and relevant using the latest research, actionable classroom strategies, and the ed tech software and systems they already have. Used correctly, these tools let you deepen learning, student engagement, and student participation. As a former teacher, author Amy Minter Mayer knows that, regardless of schoolwide initiatives and rollouts, it's what happens behind the closed doors of a classroom that affects the teacher's success. She wrote Beyond Worksheets as a self-paced guide that empowers teachers, without waiting for school-wide adoption of new tools. Readers will: Beyond Worksheets is for teachers and instructional leaders who want to make the most of available on-hand tools and the latest research with strategies and resources that will help students learn and improve the lives of teachers.
Introduction ix Chapter 1 Giving Up the "Good Old Days" of Education 1 Chapter 2 What Is a Worksheet? 25 Chapter 3 New World, New Rules 47 Chapter 4 Systems, Teachers, Expectations, and the Worksheet 67 Chapter 5 Student-Centered or Teacher-Focused 91 Chapter 6 I’m Scared They Don’t Care 115 Chapter 7 Behavior, Motivation, and the Worksheet 133 Chapter 8 Student Choice Continuum and Why Choice Matters 151 Chapter 9 Stop Stealing the Learning 167 Chapter 10 Fair Team Grading Strategies That Work for Humans 187 Chapter 11 Is Artificial Intelligence a Worksheet Killer? 217 Chapter 12 Becoming a Worksheet Killer 247 Acknowledgments 261 About the Author 263 Index 267
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
