Love of teaching shows in newly released book for teachers
Kathleen Ricards Hopkins, Ed.D., 1996, EPPL/Special Education, author of,Teaching How to Learn in a What-to-Learn Culture, lives and works in Hampton Roads. Kathy has been the Executive Director of NILD, The National Institute for Learning Development, in Norfolk Virginia since 1991. NILD is an international organization dedicated to meeting the needs of students who have difficulty learning. NILD offers an intervention to educators and schools with one-on-one educational therapy or group educational therapy. Kathy presents workshops on learning development nationally and internationally to teachers through NILD in-services and conferences.
Teaching How to Learn in a What-to-Learn Culture
Although there are ample resources on how to teach reading, math, science, or other types of academic content, there is comparatively little guidance for teachers on how students learn and why. Can intelligence be developed? Do teacher expectations shape student learning? How can teachers help students work through challenging learning situations on their own? This book is for any teacher who has students who struggle and who wants learning to stick. The book reveals, for example, that intelligence is largely the ability to recognize and make connections--and that this ability is fluid and modifiable.
Teaching How to Learn in a What-to-Learn Culture includes practices in the following areas:
● Developing perseverance and diligence in work habits ● Cultivating reasoning skills for problem solving ● Improving verbal and written expression ● Strengthening auditory and visual processing skills ● Building attention and focusing skills ● Developing reading, writing, and mathematical fluency
