Ditch That Textbook: Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom
- ISBN-10
- 1946444251
- ISBN-13
- 9781946444257
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-04-13
- Author
- Matt Miller
Description
Textbooks are symbols of centuries-old education. They're often outdated as soon as they hit students' desks. Acting "by the textbook" implies compliance and a lack of creativity. It's time to ditch those textbooks--and those textbook assumptions about learning In Ditch That Textbook, teacher and blogger Matt Miller encourages educators to throw out meaningless, pedestrian teaching and learning practices. He empowers them to evolve and improve on old, standard, teaching methods. Ditch That Textbook is a support system, toolbox, and manifesto to help educators free their teaching and revolutionize their classrooms.
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