Building on the success of her classic, bestselling book,
Change Your Questions, Change Your Life
, Marilee Adams shows how, by adopting a new mindset, teachers can rekindle their love of teaching and ignite their students with a love of learning.
Teaching That Changes Lives
is a transformational and practical guide that will enable teachers to make an authentic difference with their students and avoid succumbing to the myriad pressures and challenges of their jobs.
Using the storytelling format that proved so successful in her previous book, Adams tells how Emma, a sixth-grade teacher on the verge of quitting her job, learns to cultivate what Adams calls the “Learner Mindset”— having the discipline, curiosity, and courage to consistently ask growth-oriented, open-minded questions of oneself and others—and to avoid the close-minded and critical “Judger Mindset.” Emma transforms her classroom, her relationships with her colleagues, and, most importantly, her students’ eagerness for learning and achievement.
Teaching is more than imparting facts and skills—it’s preparing students for the test of life. Featuring an innovative, easy-to-follow workbook and access to a Learner Mindset online mini-course, this inspiring book will ensure that teachers and students alike become creative, resilient problem solvers, bridge builders, and lifelong learners.
Table of Content
Foreword
Introduction: Mindsets for Learning
Chapter 1: The Alchemy of Inquiry
Chapter 2: Mindsets Make All the Difference
Chapter 3: Mapping the Geography of Our Minds
Chapter 4: Exploring Learner and Judger Mindsets
Chapter 5: Thinking with New Questions
Chapter 6: Listening with Learner Ears
Chapter 7: Questions Out of the Box
Chapter 8: Easy as ABCD
Chapter 9: Becoming a Resilient Learner
Chapter 10: Questioning Assumptions
Chapter 11: Surprising Collaborators
Chapter 12: Opening to New Possibilities
Chapter 13: Staff Meeting Showdown
Chapter 14: The Question that Changes Everything
Epilogue: The Five Questions
Workbook with Mindset Tools
Learner Mindset Online Learning
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Inquiry Institute
About the author
Marilee Adams, Ph D, is president of the Inquiry Institute, a consulting, coaching, and educational organization. She is an advisor to Learning Forward New Jersey and an adjunct professor at American University in the Key Executive Leadership Program, School of Public Affairs.
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