The X Factor; Personality Traits of Exceptional Science Teachers (PB)
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ISBN-13:
9781617350351
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
20.05.2010
Seiten:
126
Autor:
Clair T. Berube
Gewicht:
204 g
Format:
234x156x7 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
American science education is in trouble. As the United States continues to lagbehind other nations in science achievement, the question is asked: how can we
better get our students excited and inspired by science? This is the science teacher's
duty. The irony of the education profession is that some of the most important
aspects of it are the hardest to measure and replicate. The things that matter most
can be the hardest to quantify. Some teachers can know the different learning styles,
intelligences, and brain preferences of their students. They can know best practices
of how to deliver instruction. They can do all these things and more, but still not
convey imagination and passion for science to their students.
But some science teachers do inspire. These special teachers seem to possess
something the others don't, but what is it? Exceptional science teachers make us feel better about ourselves
through their teaching of science, and bring us to a higher quality of life as a result, while some science teachers
can be the leading researchers in their fields, yet leave us flat. What is the recipe for this unique, special teacher?
And why is it so hard to explain and describe?
The objective of this book is to uncover these aspects of teaching that are so hard to measure and quantify.
This is achieved through interviewing people who are either current or retired teachers, or who were positively
affected by a teacher, and also through case studies of exceptional teachers in order to quantify and explain the
exact traits and personality quirks of these exceptional people. The contribution to the field of education this
book hopes to achieve is the examination of the question; why do some teachers have that "X" factor, what,
exactly is it, and how can we all have it?
better get our students excited and inspired by science? This is the science teacher's
duty. The irony of the education profession is that some of the most important
aspects of it are the hardest to measure and replicate. The things that matter most
can be the hardest to quantify. Some teachers can know the different learning styles,
intelligences, and brain preferences of their students. They can know best practices
of how to deliver instruction. They can do all these things and more, but still not
convey imagination and passion for science to their students.
But some science teachers do inspire. These special teachers seem to possess
something the others don't, but what is it? Exceptional science teachers make us feel better about ourselves
through their teaching of science, and bring us to a higher quality of life as a result, while some science teachers
can be the leading researchers in their fields, yet leave us flat. What is the recipe for this unique, special teacher?
And why is it so hard to explain and describe?
The objective of this book is to uncover these aspects of teaching that are so hard to measure and quantify.
This is achieved through interviewing people who are either current or retired teachers, or who were positively
affected by a teacher, and also through case studies of exceptional teachers in order to quantify and explain the
exact traits and personality quirks of these exceptional people. The contribution to the field of education this
book hopes to achieve is the examination of the question; why do some teachers have that "X" factor, what,
exactly is it, and how can we all have it?
Uncovers the aspects of teaching that are so hard to measure and quantify, and explores why some teachers have that ""X"" factor. This is achieved by interviewing people who are either current or retired teachers, or who were positively affected by a teacher.