Publisher's Synopsis
Gangs, drugs, poverty, shootings, lack of materials, dilapidated classrooms, lack of support? Urban teachers sometimes deal with issues like these on a daily basis. In spite of these intense obstacles, teachers must stay focused on one goal?getting through to the students.
What Is It About Me You Can′t Teach?: An Instructional Guide for the Urban Educator arms educators with new knowledge, skills, and ideas to enhance teaching techniques. Teachers will gain a fresh view of goal setting, sharing behaviors, self-control, reciprocal teaching, and self-change-everything needed to be a more effective urban teacher and make students better prepared for life.
