Reclaiming Youth At Risk: Our Hope For The Future

by Larry Brendtro, Steve Vanbockern, Martin Brokenleg

 

This resource integrates Native American philosophies and Western psychology to provide you with a unique perspective on troubled youth. The authors challenge you to reassess your concepts of youth at risk as they present a clear, compelling alternative for reaching them.

This book provides alternatives to the stand-and-deliver teaching approach. Find out how to actively and cognitively engage students in the learning process. Explanation of real classroom techniques that go beyond surface-level comprehension strategies.

At last, a book that forever solves the debate over whether homework is an essential component of rigorous schooling or a harmful practice. Veteran teacher, trainer, professor, consultant, and author Cathy Vatterott distills her years of experience with all kinds of schools into a balanced approach that ensures homework leads to more opportunities for learning and teaching without turning off parents and students.

Unleash the power of picture books! Using clear guidelines and concrete examples, “Big Ideas for Little Kids” shows us how to transform a few carefully crafted questions, an attentive ear and the natural curiosity of young minds into impressive instruments for nurturing the creative, autonomous, respectful, engaged critically thinking citizens of tomorrow.