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The Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children (Paperback)
by Ron Clark
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Author: Ron Clark
Publisher: Hyperion
Pub. in: August, 2005
ISBN: 978-1401308032
Pages: 288
Measurements: 7 x 4.8 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
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Other information: SBN-10: 1401308031
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Part memoir, part inspirational tract and part handbook for beginning teachers, Clark's treatise on how to get children excited about learning lays out some underlying principles of teaching, covering 11 fundamentals: enthusiasm, adventure, creativity, reflection, balance, compassion, confidence, humor, common sense, appreciation and resilience. (This analysis follows Clark's bestselling The Essential 55.) Clark, who was named Disney Teacher of the Year in 2001, shares some of his own blunders and many of his successes while learning to teach, many of which may help new teachers trying to figure out the basics. In a rambling style, Clark relays anecdote after anecdote, as he weaves back and forth from his life as a teacher to his childhood and more advice for teachers, including such details as how to write notes home to parents about field trips. There isn't much depth here, and the book doesn't analyze the nitty-gritty of Clark's own teaching methods or of educational ideas. Indeed, it's more a motivational speech than an educational text, and it isn't hard to imagine Clark speaking these words aloud. However, the book does include some valuable nuggets on how to build children's confidence, help them remember information and teach them to be compassionate, advice that all teachers—but especially inexperienced ones—will find valuable and thought provoking.
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Ron Clark has been a teacher since 1995. Originally from North Carolina, he has taught in some of the most difficult schools in the country, most recently in Harlem, New York. Since winning the 2001 Disney Teacher of the Year Award, Clark has spoken to teachers, PTAs, and school boards across the country. He lives in Atlanta
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Now in paperback, the national bestseller that's changing America, one student at a time fter publishing his New York Times bestseller The Essential 55, award-winning teacher Ron Clark took his rules on the road and traveled to schools in 49 states. He met amazing teachers, administrators, students, parents-all kinds of people involved in bringing up great kids. In the best of them, he noticed the same qualities that he'd observed in many of the outstanding individuals he'd worked with during his time teaching in North Carolina and Harlem.
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From a customer,
<2006-11-07 00:00>
Though I never had the personal pleasure of having Ron Clark as my
teacher, he is quickly becoming one of my favorites--in part because
of his first book, THE ESSENTIAL 55 . . . then recently, I enjoyed
a film about his life (THE RON CLARK STORY) on TNT.
And so when I saw that he had another book out, THE EXCELLENT
11, I naturally got hold of it as quickly as I could . . . its subtitle
particularly caught my attention: QUALITIES TEACHERS AND
PARENTS USE TO MOTIVATE, INSPIRE AND EDUCATE CHILDREN.
What if there were ways to motivate children? Even better,
what if they could be learned by reading a book?
So I attempted to answer these questions by reading Clark's
latest and am happy to report that I did come across several
tidbits that should prove helpful to any teacher . . . in spite of
the fact that he taught on an elementary level, what he has
to say applies to almost any age.
Also, I liked the author's many examples in THE
EXCELLENT 11 . . . he not only describes a quality, but he
also shows countless real examples of how he used it in his
teaching.
For example, there was this one: Don't be afraid to abandon
a set plan or to scrap a lesson if an opportunity for
learning presents itself that will be to the child's advantage.
This is applicable whether you are a parent or a teacher, or both.
Clark also says that as a parent or teacher it's also important
that we remember not to take ourselves too seriously at time.
We may have to laugh, dance, sing, make funny faces, or do
the unusual, but we have to be willing to let down our guard and
have fun with education. Sometimes it takes creativity, something
different, something dramatic to catch the attention of students,
to earn their admiration, and to get them to respect what you have
to say.
Lastly, what Clark has to say has relevance to life outside the
classroom, too. In talking about his friend Bith, he mentions
how she always talks about how there are "good dinner guests"
and "bad dinner guests." She says good guests will show
up empty-handed. They always have a dessert, flowers, wine,
or some other item to show gratitude. As soon as the meal begins,
she says, good guest will immediately make a comment about
the quality of the good. Bith says she is always nervous that they
won't like what she has prepared, and the longer she has to sit there
without their telling her they are enjoying the meal, the more anxious
she becomes. The best guests, Bith adds, will even say they enjoy
something so much they would like to have the recipe.
The relevance of that last point to education was when Clark
taught his students to go out of their way to show appreciation to
those that help them. That is why he would always invite
custodians out for a special lunch prepared just for them by
the students.
That's a great idea that can be implemented in just about any
school! |
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