teacher-student relationship

Dexter's well-ordered life is disrupted by his uneasy interactions with his spontaneous, even zany, fourth-grade teacher Mr. Ditzwinkle and by his mother's campaign for reelection to the town's school board.

Jake remembers the terrible days in third grade when everybody thought he was the teachers' pet.

Ruby insists on copying Angela, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.

When fourth grader Collette sees her own mother take over the job of teaching her class, life becomes more embarrassing and chaotic than she can stand.

"This volume provides specific strategies and practical advice on how to incorporate student choice for flexible, student-focused curriculum, motivate students to turn strengths into passions, and cultivate students' technical, creative, decision-making, and communication skills"--Back cover.

Mr. Terupt's former students have entered junior high and, each of them having their own personal issues, are afraid their group will split up. Hoping their former teacher can help, they find that it is he who is in need of saving.

A high school teacher with a drug habit finds a friendship in an unlikely source - one of his troubled students. Will their relationship help them or harm them?.

A history teacher in a private boys' school helps his students understand the strange, surprising turns their lives take.

Teaching is more than a job--it's a responsibility, one of the greatest responsibilities in civilized society. Teachers lay bare the mysteries of the world; train minds to explore, question, investigate, and discover; and ensure that knowledge is not lost or forgotten but passed on to future generations. Teachers shape lives in limitless ways, both inside and outside of the classroom. But teaching is no easy task. It's an art form that requires craft, sensitivity, creativity, and intelligence. Whether the classroom consists of 3 students or 300, it's important to be as effective and successful a teacher as possible, both for the students and for professional and personal growth. This course is designed to help develop and enhance teaching style; provide methods, tools, and advice for handling all manner of teaching scenarios; and help viewers achieve new levels of success as teachers.

Ruby insists on copying Angela, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.