{"product_id":"teaching-content-outrageously-isbn-9780470180266","title":"Teaching Content Outrageously","description":"A powerful instructional method for \"hooking\" students on academic learning  \u003cp\u003eDrawing from a teaching model designed to banish boredom and student apathy, this book explains how dramatic practices can serve as powerful tools for enlivening lessons and captivating students, even the most resistant learners. Filled with intriguing classroom examples, Pogrow shows how any teacher can make use of dramatic techniques, such as surprise, humor, fantasy, role plays, games, and simulations to create standards-based content lessons that are riveting, effective, and meaningful. The author explains how to design such lessons into any content area.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStanley Pogrow (San Francisco, CA), a noted authority on teaching practices for disadvantaged students, is professor of educational leadership at San Francisco State University, where he coordinates the Educational Leadership for Equity Program.\u003c\/p\u003e  About This Book  \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDedication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Why Teach Outrageously in All the Content Areas?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Perspectives on Dramatizing Content Instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. From Discipline to Outrageous Teaching: Classroom Use of Dramatic Techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. How to Design Outrageous Lessons: Essential Steps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Outrageous Lessons: Examples from the Classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Suspense and Surprise: Why Outrageous Lessons Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Getting Started.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. So . . . Let’s Do It!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: The Origins of Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Games and Quizzes-Selected Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Simulation Units-Selected Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Lesson Plans for the Sample Lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Teaching Outrageously in the Early Grades.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStanley Pogrow\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is professor of Educational Leadership at¿San Francisco State University. He is best known for developing the HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) Program for accelerating the learning of underperforming Title I (economically disadvantaged) and special education students.  For teachers who struggle to connect with students who seem restless, bored, and indifferent, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Content Outrageously\u003c\/i\u003e offers the perfect antidote. In this book, Stanley Pogrow shows teachers how to transform standards-based content lessons into dynamic and \"outrageous\" learning experiences that leave students so enthralled and fascinated they readily meet the learning goals. Drawing from a model successfully used with underperforming students, the author introduces the \"Outrageous Teaching\" method showing how teachers can integrate humor, surprise, imagination, character, and dramatic storyline to create lessons that are riveting, effective, and meaningful. The book includes:  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailed guidance on implementing the method in any content area in grades 4-12\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVivid classroom portraits of teachers making use of the method to teach math, science, language arts, and social studies lessons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvice on applying the techniques to improvediscipline and classroom management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author reveals how all teachers can tap into their own imagination and creativity to construct lessons and units that are mesmerizing and that efficiently increase student performance on content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTeaching Content Outrageously\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Pogrow's new book is a must-read for teachers seeking to find new ways to engage and successfully teach their students who would otherwise be left behind. The combination of cognitive science, humor, insight, techniques, and examples will make you laugh, inspire you, and give you the practical tools to create imaginative and original ways to teach key content objectives.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eDr. Pedro Portes\u003c\/b\u003e, director, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, andprofessor of education, University of Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Is holding students' attention becoming more and more difficult? Let Stanley Pogrow show you how dramatization and humor can help you teach any content far more effectively to a wary classroom audience.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eCarol Jago\u003c\/b\u003e, teacher, Santa Monica High School,Santa Monica, CA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Dr. Pogrow gives priceless solutions and clear methods that work for making teaching and learning more fun and effective in today's classrooms. This is the one book that should be read by all those who want to make a difference by captivating, inspiring, and empowering all learners.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eDalia Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e, science and Spanish teacher, middle school director,¿ MS 188, New York CityPublic Schools\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990136537317,"sku":"NP9780470180266","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470180266.jpg?v=1761786643","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/teaching-content-outrageously-isbn-9780470180266","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}