Preface
Acknowledgments
About The Authors
Introduction
Principle 1. True Learning Communities: Students Taking
Responsibility
Principle 2. Optimum Learning Conditions: Creating Safety and
Security
Principle 3. Teaching to the Moment: Working Within Their World
Principle 4. Learning Beyond Listening: Linking Action and
Understanding
Principle 5. The Learning Spiral: Building Success on Success
Chapter 6. Five-by-Five: Setting the Stage for Student Success
Chapter 7. High-Five Lesson Sets: Combining Green Light Strategies
and High Five Principles Into Dynamic Lessons
Chapter 8. The High-Five Toolkit
Chapter 9. A Final Note
Endnotes
References
Index
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Richard Allen is an international consultant with more than 25
years experience coaching trainers and educators. Cofounder and
president of Education Illustrated, he has taken the TrainSmart
strategies beyond the United States and Canada to such diverse
countries as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Brunei, Russia, Jordan, and Brazil. Allen is also a
popular keynote speaker at international conferences, and he
facilitates motivational and teambuilding workshops.
Allen started his educational career as a high school math and
drama teacher. In 1985, he became a lead facilitator for
SuperCamp—an accelerated learning program for teens—and has since
worked with more than 25,000 students worldwide. He completed his
doctorate in educational psychology at Arizona State University,
where he studied how the human brain receives, processes, and
recalls information—knowledge that informs all aspects of his
training strategies.
“The ideas in this book make learning come alive in your classroom.
The authors present ideas and activities that almost any teacher
could implement with few questions or problems. I have not seen
anything like this!”
*Linda K. Taylor, Assistant Professor*
“Every teacher who is ready to move beyond ‘this is how it was
taught to me’ and step into the future of how 21st-century students
learn needs to read this book. With this book, teachers can truly
discover what it takes to reach and empower every learner.
High-Five Teaching is replete with specific examples and
suggestions any teacher can use as exciting and fun ideas that work
for today’s students."
*Renee Peoples, Teacher Leader*
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