R&L Education
Pages: 216
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Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
978-1-60709-612-2 • Hardback • April 2010 • $123.00 • (£95.00)
978-1-60709-613-9 • Paperback • April 2010 • $52.00 • (£40.00)
978-1-60709-592-7 • eBook • April 2010 • $49.00 • (£38.00)
Brad Johnson has fourteen years of educational experience as a teacher, mentor, and administrator.
Tammy Maxson McElroy has over twenty years of educational experience at the elementary and middle grade levels.
Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 Act I: The Vision
Chapter 4 Scene One: Connecting Education with the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 5 Scene Two: Director's Chair
Part 6 Act II: The Rehearsal
Chapter 7 Scene Three: Planning
Chapter 8 Scene Four: Organization
Chapter 9 Scene Five: Management
Part 10 Act III: The Performance
Chapter 11 Scene Six: Communication
Chapter 12 Scene Seven: Edutainment
Part 13 Finale: Last Words
From my years of hosting Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? I have found that learning is most effective when it is fun. Brad Johnson and Tammy McElroy have taken that idea and formatted it in a way to help teachers help students make the most of their valuable classroom time. This can be life-changing for kids.
— Jeff Foxworthy, comedian and host of Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?
Wow! It's all in there! I can remember my first year teaching (1980). I wish I had had this book back then. It's practical. It's logical. It's student-centered. It's hopeful. Give it to a new teacher who's looking for some experienced ideas. Give it to an experienced teacher who's looking for new ideas.
— Lily Eskelsen, vice president, National Education Association
Bravo!!! No more teacher-burnout here! Sensitively challenging prevailing, traditional schooling practices with candor and humor, Johnson and McElroy's engaging book, The Edutainer, is written to empower classroom teachers for stellar performances in twenty-first century classrooms. Based on more than thirty years of combined teaching experience at the K–12 and collegiate levels, the authors elucidate the role of teachers as skillful performers on stage who know how to manage their professional responsibilities to parents, principals, and peers as well as how to engage their students in relevant learning activities in a rapidly changing age of information and technology. The book is insightful, practical, and clear with informative examples, effective strategies, and affirming advice for both the novice and the expert. The Edutainer should be at the top of the required reading list for classroom teachers.
— Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark, associate professor emerita of educational psychology, Georgia Southern University
"Strategies for teacher empowerment and leadership abilities.
"Suggestions for developing authentic relationships with parents, students, administration, and colleagues.
"Explanations of present day cultural influences upon education and learning.
"Methodologies for classroom management and organization.
"Ideas for creating a relevant and engaging learning environment.