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Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College |  | Author: Doug Lemov
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470550473
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.3
EAN: 9780470550472
ASIN: 0470550473
Publication Date: April 5, 2010
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 The latest in teaching tools September 6, 2010
Fran
Teach like a Champion is based on the most current data. Doug Lemov is a widely respected researcher and educator who has observed many teachers. He has researched what it is that makes a teacher successful and he puts it into a "how to" format, so that anyone can imitate the techniques, yet still retain their own style. In fact he encourages personal "style." He also includes a DVD which shows a nice variety of teachers doing these techniques. For those of us who are very visual, this is wonderful!!
It is what teachers have been waiting for! You say you have "high expectations" and you don't see results? Doug Lemov tells you what to do that translates your expectations to students so they "get it!" He now runs a conglmerate of schools based on these techniques with students who are highly challenged, and he is extremely successful! A must read for all teachers planning to close the achievement gap!
 Realistic and Practical September 6, 2010
Darrin J. Cook
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a high school teacher, and at my school we are currently reviewing the typical education book for our teacher training. This other book is so dry, theoretical, and boring that I can hardly force myself to read it.
That is why I have recommended "Teach Like a Champion" for teacher development at my school. The book is filled with practical, solid tips for better teaching. The book is actually about techniques, not about the bs that typically fills education books, like learning modalities, cognitive coaching, multiple intelligences, constructivism, etc.
Each technique is given a memorable title, such as "cold call," "stretch it," etc. I found many useful tips in the book, and I've just given it one quick reading. I've asked the mentor teacher assigned to me if we could study the book and implement its techniques throughout the year.
If you're looking for real-world, hands-on, practical suggestions for how to be a better teacher, then this is your book.
Incredible! August 27, 2010
Dpole
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I chose to read this as part of a professional development course and I really gained much more from it than I had ever imagined. The text was invigorating and the ideas were really teacher friendly, easily adaptable and thought provoking. I plan on reading this a few more times so that I can continue to develop new teaching strategies.
Teach Like a Champion provides good insights for all teachers August 25, 2010
David Seligman
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was nicely laid out and challenges the thoughtful reader who is interested in assessing their teaching style. Not all of the advice is special or insightful, but the entire focus of the book provides a good framework for some thoughtful self-reflection.
The Section on Teaching Reading is Fantastic August 19, 2010
Bruce Friedrich (Norfolk, VA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book and am excited to implement many of the 49 techniques in my classroom (some of them won't, I don't think, work for my inner city 11th graders, a point made in other reviews). Just based on the 49 techniques, I might have given the book four stars, since I think a bit of discussion of age-levels might have been useful (the DVD is almost all, or all, middle and elementary school).
But almost half the book presents material beyond the 49 techniques, including very useful discussions of lesson pacing and teaching reading. The latter section was like an entirely other book, and was among the most interesting discussions I've read on the topic (and since I'm a high school English teacher just finishing up the Johns Hopkins teaching Masters, I've read a fair bit on it).
Two of the insights that I need to discuss with my school and investigate further, and which have HUGE potential ramifications:
1) He advocates homogeneous grouping (by ability) for maximum student achievement (I wish he'd said more about this and provided references). If he's right, he could make a huge positive impact by pushing this harder; my school does the opposite, as do many schools, and I've thought it's a big problem, but there's not much willingness to challenge it; the science is, I thought, against my instincts...
2) He spends quite a bit of time dissing the standard method of teaching reading that uses comprehension strategies. He is especially disdainful of "visualization," but isn't kind to any of them other than summarizing. He's convincing, but again I'd have appreciated citations. My school is using Strategies That Work, and while his arguments make serious intuitive sense, I would have enjoyed a bit more reference to studies and/or elaboration on his points.
Overall, this book will improve my teaching significantly, and will thus have a positive impact on the lives of the few hundred kids I'll teach this year. It must feel good to be Doug Lemov.
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