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Dr. Robert Martin has written Connect and Involve: How to Connect with Students and Involve Them in Learning as a handbook for teachers to promote their students' learning. He strongly recommends first connecting with students and then including them directly in the learning process. Chapters 6 through 13 each introduce a different strategy. Included are procedures that provide concrete action steps to implement each strategy. These procedures when learned, allows both the teacher and students to automate lower-level activities allowing students to attend to higher-order thinking and actions. Each chapter follows a predictable pattern that assists teachers with learning and understanding this information. Supporting documentation is provided for all strategies and procedures.
Connect and Involve: How to Connect with Students and Involve Them in Learning is a book I would highly recommend to both beginning and experienced teachers. I would describe it as a read and use book. It is written so that the concepts are easily understood and methods to implement are numerous and well documented. It is written in a supportive manner that encourages teachers to attempt changes. Parents, also, might find it beneficial to understand how connecting with their children would benefit their relationships and their learning.
Connect and Involve: How to Connect with Students and Involve Them in Learning closely adheres to the concepts developed by Dr. William Glasser. His concepts of Choice Theory, Reality Therapy, and Quality School are all woven in throughout this book. Dr. Martin's involvement with these concepts have spanned most of his professional career and includes training completion at the Certification as well as Level 1 Practicum Supervisor. Additional information about Dr. Glasser's concepts can be found at: GIFCT-US (Glasser Institute for Choice Theory) www.wglasser.com.
Dr. Martin is a licensed psychologist. He has worked with K-12 students, both in public schools and in private practice. He has also taught graduate and undergraduate students in educational psychology and counselor education. He is professor emeritus at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO 63501.
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Connect and Involve: How to Connect with Students and Involve Them in Learning is well documented with numerous references and additional readings. The overall organization of the book begins with the suggestion to make small changes so that...