Building on the success of her classic, bestselling book, Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Marilee Adams shows how, by adopting a new mindset, teachers can rekindle their love of teaching and ignite their students with a love of learning.
Teaching That Changes Lives is a transformational and practical guide that will enable teachers to make an authentic difference with their students and avoid succumbing to the myriad pressures and challenges of their jobs.
Using the storytelling format that proved so successful in her previous book, Adams tells how Emma, a sixth-grade teacher on the verge of quitting her job, learns to cultivate what Adams calls the “Learner Mindset”— having the discipline, curiosity, and courage to consistently ask growth-oriented, open-minded questions of oneself and others—and to avoid the close-minded and critical “Judger Mindset.” Emma transforms her classroom, her relationships with her colleagues, and, most importantly, her students’ eagerness for learning and achievement.
Teaching is more than imparting facts and skills—it’s preparing students for the test of life. Featuring an innovative, easy-to-follow workbook and access to a Learner Mindset online mini-course, this inspiring book will ensure that teachers and students alike become creative, resilient problem solvers, bridge builders, and lifelong learners.Foreword Introduction: Mindsets for Learning Chapter 1: The Alchemy of Inquiry Chapter 2: Mindsets Make All the Difference Chapter 3: Mapping the Geography of Our Minds Chapter 4: Exploring Learner and Judger Mindsets Chapter 5: Thinking with New Questions Chapter 6: Listening with Learner Ears Chapter 7: Questions Out of the Box Chapter 8: Easy as ABCD Chapter 9: Becoming a Resilient Learner Chapter 10: Questioning Assumptions Chapter 11: Surprising Collaborators Chapter 12: Opening to New Possibilities Chapter 13: Staff Meeting Showdown Chapter 14: The Question that Changes Everything Epilogue: The Five Questions Workbook with Mindset Tools Learner Mindset Online Learning Notes Acknowledgments About the Author About the Inquiry Institute“Marilee’s work has changed the life of my campus.” —Verna Fitzsimmons, PhD, CEO and Dean, Kansas State University, Salina
“If every K–12 teacher in America read this book, it could make an incredible difference for them and their students too.” —Jim L. Roussin, MALS, coauthor of Implementing Change Through Learning and Guiding Professional Learning CommunitiesMarilee Adams, PhD, is president of the Inquiry Institute, a consulting, coaching, and educational organization. She is an advisor to Learning Forward New Jersey and an adjunct professor at American University in the Key Executive Leadership Program, School of Public Affairs.
