25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them

Second Edition
Carolyn M. Orange - University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them
July 2006 | 288 pages | Corwin
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"This book will make you laugh, make you shake your head in disbelief, and keep you amazed. Most important, this book will help you become a more enlightened and effective educator as you gracefully sidestep difficult situations by remembering the practical lessons within these pages."
—Jennifer Brooks, Fourth-Grade Teacher
Olmos Elementary School, San Antonio, TX

Avoid common teaching mistakes and acquire positive strategies and approaches!

All teachers make mistakes, but when those missteps involve students, they can have negative effects for years to come. This second edition of the bestseller by Carolyn Orange offers reflective scenarios and insights to help teachers learn from examples of undesirable teaching techniques and find better ways to address challenging or stressful classroom situations.

25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them, Second Edition, includes newly updated scenarios containing real student voices and teacher vignettes, as well as the author's prescriptions for better solutions. Drawn from many years of teaching experience, each prescription is aligned with sound educational theory and provides a dash of humor to help the solution stick. The book is organized into six sections, covering:

  • Discipline
  • Teacher-student relations
  • Classroom policy and practices
  • Classroom management and instruction
  • Personality and professionalism
  • Teaching style and behavior

Excellent for staff development workshops and seminars, preservice and inservice teachers, and teacher leaders and mentors, this book's real-life examples offer valuable professional lessons while helping teachers better understand the responses and feelings of their students.

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

Introduction

Part I. Discipline

  • 1. Mistake 1: Inappropriate Discipline Strategies
  • 2. Mistake 2: Physical Aggression
  • 3. Mistake 3: Purposeful Alienation
  • 4. Mistake 4: Public Ridicule

Part II. Teacher-Student Relations

  • 5. Mistake 5: Favoritism
  • 6. Mistake 6: Physiological Discrimination
  • 7. Mistake 7: Personal Attacks
  • 8. Mistake 8: Inappropriate Teacher-Student Relationships
  • 9. Mistake 9: Deliberate Mistreatment
  • 10. Mistake 10: Racial and Cultural Differences
  • 11. Mistake 11: Humiliation

Part III. Classroom Policies and Practices

  • 12. Mistake 12: Inappropriate Classroom Policies
  • 13. Mistake 13: Inappropriate Toileting Practices

Part IV. Classroom Management and Instruction

  • 14. Mistake 14: Inappropriate Educational Strategies
  • 15. Mistake 15: Inappropriate Assessment

Part V. Personality and Professionalism

  • 16. Mistake 16: Teacher Insensitivity
  • 17. Mistake 17: Academic Shortcomings
  • 18. Mistake 18: Poor Administration
  • 19. Mistake 19: Teacher Reputation
  • 20. Mistake 20: Teacher Misjudgment

Part VI. Teaching Style and Behavior

  • 21. Mistake 21: Teacher Bias or Expectations
  • 22. Mistake 22: Unethical Behavior
  • 23. Mistake 23: False Accusations
  • 24. Mistake 24: Inappropriate Reactions
  • 25. Mistake 25: Sexual Harassment

Part VII. Teacher Confessions of Worst Treatment of a Child: Their Motives and Feelings

Part VII. Teacher Confessions of Worst Treatment of a Child: Their Motives and Feelings

Epilogue

Epilogue

References

References

Index

Index

Description

"This book will make you laugh, make you shake your head in disbelief, and keep you amazed. Most important, this book will help you become a more enlightened and effective educator as you gracefully sidestep difficult situations by remembering the practical lessons within these pages."
—Jennifer Brooks, Fourth-Grade Teacher
Olmos Elementary School, San Antonio, TX

Avoid common teaching mistakes and acquire positive strategies and approaches!

All teachers make mistakes, but when those missteps involve students, they can have negative effects for years to come. This second edition of the bestseller by Carolyn Orange offers reflective scenarios and insights to help teachers learn from examples of undesirable teaching techniques and find better ways to address challenging or stressful classroom situations.

25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them, Second Edition, includes newly updated scenarios containing real student voices and teacher vignettes, as well as the author's prescriptions for better solutions. Drawn from many years of teaching experience, each prescription is aligned with sound educational theory and provides a dash of humor to help the solution stick. The book is organized into six sections, covering:

  • Discipline
  • Teacher-student relations
  • Classroom policy and practices
  • Classroom management and instruction
  • Personality and professionalism
  • Teaching style and behavior

Excellent for staff development workshops and seminars, preservice and inservice teachers, and teacher leaders and mentors, this book's real-life examples offer valuable professional lessons while helping teachers better understand the responses and feelings of their students.

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

Introduction

Part I. Discipline

  • 1. Mistake 1: Inappropriate Discipline Strategies
  • 2. Mistake 2: Physical Aggression
  • 3. Mistake 3: Purposeful Alienation
  • 4. Mistake 4: Public Ridicule

Part II. Teacher-Student Relations

  • 5. Mistake 5: Favoritism
  • 6. Mistake 6: Physiological Discrimination
  • 7. Mistake 7: Personal Attacks
  • 8. Mistake 8: Inappropriate Teacher-Student Relationships
  • 9. Mistake 9: Deliberate Mistreatment
  • 10. Mistake 10: Racial and Cultural Differences
  • 11. Mistake 11: Humiliation

Part III. Classroom Policies and Practices

  • 12. Mistake 12: Inappropriate Classroom Policies
  • 13. Mistake 13: Inappropriate Toileting Practices

Part IV. Classroom Management and Instruction

  • 14. Mistake 14: Inappropriate Educational Strategies
  • 15. Mistake 15: Inappropriate Assessment

Part V. Personality and Professionalism

  • 16. Mistake 16: Teacher Insensitivity
  • 17. Mistake 17: Academic Shortcomings
  • 18. Mistake 18: Poor Administration
  • 19. Mistake 19: Teacher Reputation
  • 20. Mistake 20: Teacher Misjudgment

Part VI. Teaching Style and Behavior

  • 21. Mistake 21: Teacher Bias or Expectations
  • 22. Mistake 22: Unethical Behavior
  • 23. Mistake 23: False Accusations
  • 24. Mistake 24: Inappropriate Reactions
  • 25. Mistake 25: Sexual Harassment

Part VII. Teacher Confessions of Worst Treatment of a Child: Their Motives and Feelings

Part VII. Teacher Confessions of Worst Treatment of a Child: Their Motives and Feelings

Epilogue

Epilogue

References

References

Index

Index

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25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them

Carolyn M. Orange
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"This book will make you laugh, make you shake your head in disbelief, and keep you amazed. Most important, this book will help you become a more enlightened and effective educator as you gracefully sidestep difficult situations by remembering the practical lessons within these pages."
—Jennifer Brooks, Fourth-Grade Teacher
Olmos Elementary School, San Antonio, TX

Avoid common teaching mistakes and acquire positive strategies and approaches!

All teachers make mistakes, but when those missteps involve students, they can have negative effects for years to come. This second edition of the bestseller by Carolyn Orange offers reflective scenarios and insights to help teachers learn from examples of undesirable teaching techniques and find better ways to address challenging or stressful classroom situations.

25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them, Second Edition, includes newly updated scenarios containing real student voices and teacher vignettes, as well as the author's prescriptions for better solutions. Drawn from many years of teaching experience, each prescription is aligned with sound educational theory and provides a dash of humor to help the solution stick. The book is organized into six sections, covering:

  • Discipline
  • Teacher-student relations
  • Classroom policy and practices
  • Classroom management and instruction
  • Personality and professionalism
  • Teaching style and behavior

Excellent for staff development workshops and seminars, preservice and inservice teachers, and teacher leaders and mentors, this book's real-life examples offer valuable professional lessons while helping teachers better understand the responses and feelings of their students.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Discipline
  • 1. Mistake 1: Inappropriate Discipline Strategies
  • 2. Mistake 2: Physical Aggression
  • 3. Mistake 3: Purposeful Alienation
  • 4. Mistake 4: Public Ridicule
  • Part II. Teacher-Student Relations
  • 5. Mistake 5: Favoritism
  • 6. Mistake 6: Physiological Discrimination
  • 7. Mistake 7: Personal Attacks
  • 8. Mistake 8: Inappropriate Teacher-Student Relationships
  • 9. Mistake 9: Deliberate Mistreatment
  • 10. Mistake 10: Racial and Cultural Differences
  • 11. Mistake 11: Humiliation
  • Part III. Classroom Policies and Practices
  • 12. Mistake 12: Inappropriate Classroom Policies
  • 13. Mistake 13: Inappropriate Toileting Practices
  • Part IV. Classroom Management and Instruction
  • 14. Mistake 14: Inappropriate Educational Strategies
  • 15. Mistake 15: Inappropriate Assessment
  • Part V. Personality and Professionalism
  • 16. Mistake 16: Teacher Insensitivity
  • 17. Mistake 17: Academic Shortcomings
  • 18. Mistake 18: Poor Administration
  • 19. Mistake 19: Teacher Reputation
  • 20. Mistake 20: Teacher Misjudgment
  • Part VI. Teaching Style and Behavior
  • 21. Mistake 21: Teacher Bias or Expectations
  • 22. Mistake 22: Unethical Behavior
  • 23. Mistake 23: False Accusations
  • 24. Mistake 24: Inappropriate Reactions
  • 25. Mistake 25: Sexual Harassment
  • Part VII. Teacher Confessions of Worst Treatment of a Child: Their Motives and Feelings
  • Epilogue
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"Examines and creates awareness of the social and psychological implications of teachers’ responses to students. The author provides real-life scenarios and purposeful commentaries addressing these interactions."
Anissa Pennick, Counselor, Burke Elementary School, San Antonio, TX
"I was able to reflect on my own teaching experience and actions, which resulted in a conscious effort to be more positive with my students."
Nicole D. Anderson, Second-Grade Teacher, Crestview Elementary School, San Antonio, TX
“This book will make you laugh, make you shake your head in disbelief, and keep you amazed. Most important, this book will help you become a more enlightened and effective educator as you gracefully sidestep difficult situations by remembering the practical lessons within these pages.”
Jennifer Brooks, Fourth-Grade Teacher, Olmos Elementary School, San Antonio, TX

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