On Their Side: Helping Children Take Charge of Their Learning

How can we ally with our students when they tattle and whine, don't do their homework, and hit each other? How can we create a classroom where children really care about their learning and behavior? How can we ask questions that will truly engage our students and ourselves in a lively search for answers?

You will find many ideas and answers in this inspiring book written with warmth, humor and honesty. Through animated stories that share his failures as well as successes in the classroom, author Bob Strachota presents many strategies for helping children untangle the riddles of learning and ethical behavior. He shows how to ally with children, how to ask real questions and how to share responsibility with students -- always setting high standards while giving children the power they need to take charge of their learning and behavior.

Using the ideas described in this book, Bob now finds his students more invested in their learning and more willing to struggle with things they don't understand. This is a very powerful resource for teachers, parents and others interested in the process of learning. Illustrated with children's drawings, 160 pages, paper.