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Practice Perfect: 42 Rules For Getting Better At Getting Better (2012)

by Doug Lemov(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

111821658X (ISBN13: 9781118216583)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Jossey-Bass

review 1: Practice Perfect contains a wealth of information on how to develop a regimen that improves one’s skillset in any number of endeavors, from sports to the workplace. The author goes about this by presenting each of the 42 “rules”, detailing pertinent examples, and backing it up with relevant case studies and research.At times, it does its job too well with a deluge of information that can be overwhelming. As such, this book may be better used as a resource in which to refer back frequently. To aid in this, there are also several mentions of another of the author’s co-written books, Teach Like a Champion, which he appears to upsell. This is a little off-putting, but no less useful.
review 2: It was nice to have all the 'rules of practice' neatly categoriz... moreed. Next to that, I picked up a thing or two. For instance, practice does not make perfect. It makes permanent. I applied the idea of modelling in my daily practice. But I couldn't read more than one rule a day, I really had to hang in there, because of the smugness the book was written with. Someone couldn't just have a problem with the content of an assignment, because it was against his or her convictions. No, it was a resistance against practicing. This kind of thinking was everywhere between the lines. It is not about the right or wrong answer. No, compliance to the rules of the teacher comes first. That kind of thinking was persistent in the book. I know, most people cannot manage a classroom without compliance, but every time I encountered this way of thinking I had to shrug it of before I could continue to read.I know too that I could have put the book aside. I told myself, however, that everybody has a right to his own convictions and I just had to bear with it in order to learn something of value. Like I told at the start, I did, and I got to know myself a little better in the process. I will pick the book up every now and then in the future, but I admittedly cannot say I liked it. less

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