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• Title:Teach like Finland : 33 simple strategies for joyful classrooms / Timothy D. Walker ; foreword by Pasi Sahlberg.
  
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• Author/Creator:Walker, Timothy D., author.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017]
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB1065 .W282 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Programme for International Student Assessment.
  Motivation in education--Finland.
  Effective teaching--Finland.
  Classroom environment.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:xxix, 210 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:"When Timothy D. Walker started teaching fifth graders at a Helsinki public school, he began a search for the secrets behind the successes of Finland's schools. Walker wrote about several of those discoveries, and his Atlantic articles on this subject became hot topics of conversation. Here, he gathers all he learned and reveals how any teacher can implement many of Finland's best practices."--jacket
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781324001256 hardcover
  1324001259 hardcover
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Well-being
  Schedule brain breaks
  Learn on the move
  Recharge after school
  Simplify the space
  Breathe fresh air
  Get into the wild
  Keep the peace
  2. Belonging
  Recruit a welfare team
  Know each child
  Play with your students
  Celebrate their learning
  Pursue a class dream
  Banish the bullying
  Buddy up
  3. Autonomy
  Start with freedom
  Leave margin
  Offer choices
  Plan with your students
  Make it real
  Demand responsibility
  4. Mastery
  Teach the essentials
  Mine the textbook
  Leverage the tech
  Bring in the music
  Coach more
  Prove the learning
  Discuss the grades
  5. Mind-set
  Seek flow
  Have a thicker skin
  Collaborate over coffee
  Welcome the experts
  Vacate on vacation
  Don't forget joy.