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Holistic Guidance - The First Days Of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher
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List Price: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Harry K. Wong Publications
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Binding: Paperback
Brand: HARRY K. WONG PUBLICATIONS
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.1020973
EAN: 9780962936067
ISBN: 0962936065
Label: Harry K. Wong Publications
Manufacturer: Harry K. Wong Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2004-07
Publisher: Harry K. Wong Publications
Studio: Harry K. Wong Publications
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Editorial Reviews:
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With nearly 1.4 million copies sold, you'll learn practical techniques on discipline, procedures and routines, teaching for mastery, cooperative learning, and positive expectations. You'll find it difficult to put this book down as you become an even more effective teacher.
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Summary: Helpful -- but not the be-all-end-all
Comment: While the Wongs have created a well-written, nicely-detailed and generally-helpful how-to for teachers, especially new ones, the book also can be maddeningly frustrating as well.
The book, as other critics have noted, is focused on the elementary school teacher, not the middle/junior or high school teacher. Some of the strategies and techniques do, indeed, work at the upper levels.
For example, all teachers, regardless of grade level, need to use a seating chart, an attention-getting signal and a daily "do-now" exercise. And the Wongs outline these ideas effectively.
But the Wongs have, unfortunately, based many of their ideas on the assumption that a teacher has his or her own room, to do with as he or she pleases. Such is not the case with most upper-level teachers.
I used this book during my first year of teaching, which wasn't that long ago. I still use it today. I found it helpful back then, and still find it helpful now. Taken with the proverbial grain of salt, there is much here that will be helpful for the beginner as well as for the novice.
Still, as other critics have noted, there are several cheaper, better books out there. For beginners, I recommend "Rookie Teaching for Dummies" -- yes, it's part of the now-famous "Dummies" series. There's good stuff there, and not just for the beginning elementary school teacher.
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Summary: OK if you've never been in a classroom and aren't in a new teacher program
Comment: I received this book from the alternative certification program that I was enrolled in and found it to reiterate everything they told us in training. I would never purchase this book for myself but I guess it was good to hear the same information more than once!
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Summary: great
Comment: these books came when ordered. No gliches. We like the material in this book and we have the videos of Harry K Wong as well. Great stuff.
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Summary: First Days of School / Harry Wong
Comment: This is a excellent book for any first year teacher. It is full of highly
useful information on how to deal with your first days of school. Rate It
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Summary: Veteran Teacher Training
Comment: I am absolutely enjoying "The First Days of School." I am a teacher with twenty-seven years teaching experience. After an illness and a change in teaching assignment, I found that I had become stagnant and overwhemed with new job requirements, including techology systems and grade reporting. "The First Days of School" is great for new teachers, as well as veteran teachers who need the motivation to continue doing the job of educating young people. It rekindled a spark that had become dormant after many years. This is a great roadmap!
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