This new and expanded edition of the bestselling The Mindful
Teacher provides educators everywhere with practical ideas for
improving teaching and learning. Dennis Shirley and Elizabeth
MacDonald have created "Mindful Teacher" seminars that enable
teachers to focus their craft so that students can learn with
dignity and purpose. This updated second edition includes
completely new sections on the promise of teacher leadership, the
strengths and perils of technology, and schools in the midst of
change. The Mindful Teacher is an indispensable and timely resource
for all educators who seek to transform schools into places of
learning and joy. Book Features: Nitty-gritty descriptions of
teachers leading grassroots change. Practical recommendations on
ways to retain the best of previous practices while creatively
blending them with new innovations. Valuable ways of using
principles of mindful teaching for thinking through the
affordances, as well as the distractions, that accompany new
technologies. Research-tested approaches to whole-school change
that honor the work of educators and accelerate the learning of
students. The Mindful Teacher describes real educators in real
schools working with real students. It bridges the rapidly evolving
field of mindfulness studies with educators' life-long quests for
substantial and sustainable improvements in the educations we
provide our students.
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