Posted by Chip on November 9, 2011
A recent article by Tina Barseghian on Mind Shift does a great job of focusing attention on the “praise for achievement vs. praise for effort” debate of great interest to Responsive Classroom practitioners. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click [...]
Categories: Books, Teachers & Teaching, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Center for Courage and Renewal, Mind Shift, mindfulness, Parker Palmer, Paula Denton, Power of Our Words, Responsive Classroom approach, Tina Barseghian | 
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Posted by Chip on September 28, 2009
Another provocative, idea-challenging, and idea-changing book I’ve just pored over is NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children. Written by two award-winning journalists, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, this exciting book is a collection of individual explorations of research and programs in child development and learning that turn conventional thinking, including some of my own, upside down and [...]
Categories: Books, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Books, Nurtureshock, Paula Denton, The Power of Our Words | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on September 24, 2008
Over the years, I’ve come to call this time of year in school “the honeymoon period.” For better or worse (pun intended), children and teachers tend to be on their best behavior as they navigate the waters of their new learning community together. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! [...]
Categories: Schoolwide Issues, Teachers & Teaching |
Tags: Paula Denton, Roxann Kriete, start of the school year, The First Six Weeks of School | 6 Comments »
Posted by Chip on July 28, 2008
The last line in the book I’m about to recommend reads, “This is how school can sound.” Whether you’re about to enter your first classroom or have been teaching for 20 years, I can think of no better book to recommend to you this summer then Paula Denton’s The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language [...]
Categories: Books, Managing Behavior |
Tags: Managing Behavior, Northeast Foundation for Children, Paula Denton, Power of Our Words, Responsive Classroom approach, teacher language | 2 Comments »
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