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Students Who Give a Sh!+: Creating Authentic and Engaging Learning Communities
Do you want a classroom full of joy, laughter, and learning? Do you want to take greater satisfaction and enjoyment as an educator? Are you looking for strategies to engage learners in meaningful discussions and activities leading to deep learning and academic success? Do you want to create a learning environment where students drive their own learning forward and create positive change in the world? In short, do you want your students to give a sh!+?
Authentic and engaging learning communities are what both learners and educators need to find joy, belonging, value, and success in our rapidly changing, increasingly complex world. This book outlines a proven process for building communities in the classroom that is clear, effective, and based on human connections, inclusivity, and accountability. Regardless of the range of interests (or lack thereof) or abilities in your classroom this process will make a difference for both you and your learners.
This book will walk you through both theoretical and practical strategies for crafting your personal learning philosophy, building a welcoming, safe, and engaging learning community, and focusing on the shift from teaching to learning.
A variety of pedagogical approaches are explored in this book with an entire chapter of tools and techniques that can be immediately implemented in your learning spaces – in-person or virtual. If you are looking for the next step in your learning journey or are just curious about what authentic and engaging learning communities look like, then this book is for you!
“Students Who Give A Sh!+ is a must read for educators who are searching for more - more ways to connect with students, more authentic learning, and more fulfilling experiences as educators. With humour and humility, Pieter Toth takes us on a journey in creating welcoming, inclusive, and safe collaborative learning communities. Pieter offers insights and concrete examples that can be immediately implemented as a way of building learner agency. Through reflective practices, educators will begin the shift from teaching to learning and build more responsive, connected classrooms in which students are supported and empowered to take ownership for their own learning. Having worked with Pieter for years, I can attest that he is the real deal.” - Lisa Dupuis.
“Pieter's trust in his students makes his classroom a place where innovation happens, because he entrusts them with taking charge of their own learning and Knowledge Building at the highest levels. "Turn it over to the kids" is one of his mantras. And it also just so happens to be one of the most important things a KB educator can do. In turn, taking up that responsibility is one of the most empowering experiences a student can have. In my view, it's certainly one of the most significant habits of mind and practice to take from this exceptional book.” - Dr. Monica Resendes.
Authentic and engaging learning communities are what both learners and educators need to find joy, belonging, value, and success in our rapidly changing, increasingly complex world. This book outlines a proven process for building communities in the classroom that is clear, effective, and based on human connections, inclusivity, and accountability. Regardless of the range of interests (or lack thereof) or abilities in your classroom this process will make a difference for both you and your learners.
This book will walk you through both theoretical and practical strategies for crafting your personal learning philosophy, building a welcoming, safe, and engaging learning community, and focusing on the shift from teaching to learning.
A variety of pedagogical approaches are explored in this book with an entire chapter of tools and techniques that can be immediately implemented in your learning spaces – in-person or virtual. If you are looking for the next step in your learning journey or are just curious about what authentic and engaging learning communities look like, then this book is for you!
“Students Who Give A Sh!+ is a must read for educators who are searching for more - more ways to connect with students, more authentic learning, and more fulfilling experiences as educators. With humour and humility, Pieter Toth takes us on a journey in creating welcoming, inclusive, and safe collaborative learning communities. Pieter offers insights and concrete examples that can be immediately implemented as a way of building learner agency. Through reflective practices, educators will begin the shift from teaching to learning and build more responsive, connected classrooms in which students are supported and empowered to take ownership for their own learning. Having worked with Pieter for years, I can attest that he is the real deal.” - Lisa Dupuis.
“Pieter's trust in his students makes his classroom a place where innovation happens, because he entrusts them with taking charge of their own learning and Knowledge Building at the highest levels. "Turn it over to the kids" is one of his mantras. And it also just so happens to be one of the most important things a KB educator can do. In turn, taking up that responsibility is one of the most empowering experiences a student can have. In my view, it's certainly one of the most significant habits of mind and practice to take from this exceptional book.” - Dr. Monica Resendes.
597 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 10, 2022
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