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There are a few really good teaching techniques in this book. Unfortunately, they are clouded by the book's focus on younger kids--elementary and middle schoolers, to be precise. I felt that many of the techniques would not be welcome in a high school environment, and certainly not in the school where I'm student teaching. Paul Tough described one of the techniques, SLANT, best in a 2006 New York Times article; he basically said that students making use of SLANT seem to be like robots. The video clips that accompany this book clearly justify this observation.
I also felt that the examples were overly simplistic. Some techniques would work really well with kids learning grammar or math, but wouldn't translate well at all to literature. That said, I'm glad I am being exposed to so many charter-school-friendly pedagogical methods, even if all they make me do is feel glad that I won't be looking to work in one.
I also felt that the examples were overly simplistic. Some techniques would work really well with kids learning grammar or math, but wouldn't translate well at all to literature. That said, I'm glad I am being exposed to so many charter-school-friendly pedagogical methods, even if all they make me do is feel glad that I won't be looking to work in one.