The Power of Protocols: An Educator's Guide to Better Practice

by Joseph P. McDonald, Nancy Mohr, Alan Dichter

Useful reading for teachers who are eager to find stimulating ways to engage students' interests and boost academic performance, this volume outlines the principles of social emotional learning (SEL) that educators can follow to help all students to achieve in the math and science classroom.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Leadership

144 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[Ruth]

One of the top 5 books every school leader should read.

[Arnie]

I read the third edition, which has some worthwhile additions from earlier ones. Great book for how to structure and facilitate discussions in educational settings. Most of the techniques can be applied to settings other than education. I found the print fine and size difficult to read.

[Rachel D’Onofrio]

Nice technical solutions to help with difficult meetings

[John]

Conversations in team or department settings need to be constrained in order to heighten participation. Protocols, just as in IT, are methods that allow members to effectively "talk" with one another to ensure that different perspectives and ideas are heard. The majority of the book consists of explanations of the various activities (opening a meeting, closing, deepening the conversation, etc) that could be used.

[Mar]

There is a 3rd edition 2013, which is probably better to read. This was fine, but updates are generally good.

Gives reasons to use them and then specific guides for conducting protocols.

Useful if you use them.

[LB]

The writing is a bit thick, but the ideas are worth examining.

[K Flewelling]

Helpful information about how to introduce protocols (so many protocols) into educational environments, both for students and for educators.

[Julia McBride]

Gives a nice why for the value of protocols for building professional culture around learning together.

[Shaharizan Perez]

I have used many of these protocols with my fellow pedagogues and they work. :D