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Engaging Students With Poverty In Mind: Practical Strategies For Raising Achievement (2013)

by Eric Jensen(Favorite Author)

4.33 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1416615725 (ISBN13: 9781416615729)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development

review 1: I think this is what many educators are looking for: reasonable strategies to engage students of all backgrounds in classroom content. While Jensen addresses how these teaching strategies are beneficial for students living with poverty or low SES, he makes certain to stress that adopting these teaching methods will benefit ALL students. The chapters are well-organized and each concept is well explained with multiple real-world examples. Jensen provides resource recommendations as well, and his concepts are backed up by extensive research. I read this book over the summer, and am looking forward to giving the strategies a try this fall. I also read Jensen's book: "Teaching Students With Poverty in Mind". While that book gave me a deeper understanding of the struggles ... moreof these students, this book (Engaging Students...) provided the real application of teaching strategies that I needed and wanted. Appropriate for all grade levels, pre-K-12 and even college, and all subject areas. Jensen gives many examples of how each strategy might work in different grade levels and subject areas (English/language arts, science, math, social studies, art, music, physical education, and even foreign language classes). One of my favorite professional reads this year.
review 2: I enjoyed the majority of this book. It presents authentic strategies that you can use in your classroom immediately. It did focus mostly on elementary school strategies, and some of them seem difficult to adapt for the secondary level. I found the final chapter especially useful, when Jensen said that each school/teacher needs a game plan and a system for implementation- merely trying out random strategies that seem interesting isn't sustainable or useful to kids. I highly recommend this book to all teachers, but especially for teachers who teach at a priority or title I school. less

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