Book description
A powerful instructional method for "hooking" students on
academic learning
Drawing 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.
Stanley 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.
Stanley Pogrow, 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.
