What Is It About Me You Can't Teach?: An Instructional Guide for the Urban Educator
This second edition provides strategies to increase student engagement, develop cognitive skills, and empower students to take responsibility for their own learning.
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Research on student achievement shows that improvement begins with the expectations of the classroom teacher. Combining high expectations and research-based practices enables teachers to deliver high-quality education in any environment. What Is It About Me You Can't Teach? provides urban educators with the tools they need to help all students achieve successful educational outcomes.This second edition discusses the challenges faced by urban students, examines the research base that supports "high expectations" instruction, and provides countless practical strategies that can be implemented at all grade levels. The authors includeStrategies to help students become active, engaged learnersWays to help students to take control and responsibility for their own learningMethods for developing students' cognitive skillsSample lesson plans that demonstrate using the strategies at all levelsA new chapter on professional development for urban educatorsShapen your own knowledge and skills so that you can effectively help your students reach higher levels of knowledge and achievement.
1I never promised you a rose garden12High expectations for all93Internationality and reciprocity364Meaning585Transcendence746Self-regulation and control of behavior877The feeling of competence1198Sharing behavior1349Individuation14610Goal planning16911Challenge18412Self-change20013The no-frills pathway to high achievement212
\ Barbara Rudiak"I appreciated the opportunity to read this book. It is quite powerful and adds to the literature on teaching students the skills to learn."\ \ \ \ \ Rosanne G. Henderson"What Is It About Me You Can’t Teach? clearly explains best instructional practices and will be an excellent resource for me and my teachers. The lesson plans are great examples of the instructional practices presented and are very useful for teachers in the classroom."\ \ \ Yvonne L. Allen"Educators who choose to employ these strategies have the potential to become architects of an achievement renaissance within their learning communities."\ \ \ \ \ Dennis Kowalski"This resource provides 'real' application of theory into practice. The strategies help enrich learning through student-friendly approaches that strengthen students’ skills and promote self-direction. After reading this book and applying the strategies, my students are better learners, and I am a better teacher."\ \ \ \ \ Diana Daniels"This book is extremely valuable for its application to African-American students’ achievement. A must-have resource for every educator in teaching and learning."\ \ \ \ \ The Bookwatch"Blends classroom expectations and standards with research-based practices to show teachers how to deliver high-quality education in any environment."\ \
