Totally positive teaching : a five-stage approach to energizing students and teachers /
Joseph Ciaccio.
- Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2004.
- viii, 185 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.
Introducing the totally positive approach -- Meeting mutual needs -- Changing counterproductive feelings -- Ending behavior problems -- Offering total acceptance -- Helping underachievers : whole-class strategies -- Helping underachievers : strategies for individual students -- Using active-learning strategies -- The totally positive approach in action -- Appendix : sample active-learning lessons.
Presents a five-stage approach that can help teachers avoid burn out and love their jobs, while encouraging student participation in classroom activities and assignments.