Managing the Inner World of Teaching

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INNER WORLD

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—Andy Hargreaves, Thomas More Brennan Chair, Lynch School of Education, Boston College “Managing the Inner World of Teaching is a book way overdue! Bob and Jana Marzano have done a magnificent job of addressing issues that are often overlooked but have the potential to transform education. This book will engage your heart and mind while providing practical solutions and applications to lingering problems.” —Darrell Scott, Founder and President, Rachel’s Challenge

Managing the Inner World of Teaching: Emotions, Interpretations, and Actions by Robert J. Marzano and Jana S. Marzano focuses on an issue often overlooked in schools: teachers’ thoughts and feelings. By understanding and monitoring their emotions, interpretations, and actions, teachers can transform their instructional practices. The authors expertly guide readers through three management phases—awareness, analysis, and choice— and provide questions to purposefully manage teachers’ positive and negative actions. Teachers can use this understanding to enhance classroom practice and student learning. Using Managing the Inner World of Teaching, K–12 teachers will:

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“The hardest thing about teaching is not managing your students, it’s managing yourself. If you ever become angry, afraid, or frustrated—and what teacher doesn’t—Marzano and Marzano’s book is the one for you. Simply and calmly, the authors draw on their extensive knowledge and experience to help teachers master the inner world of their work through mindfulness, reflection, preparation, and moral purpose. Marzano and Marzano unlock the emotional mystique of teaching in a practical way that will help teachers everywhere become better teachers and better people.”

• Understand the inner world of teaching—their emotions, interpretations, and actions—and analyze how it effects their instructional practices

• Gain effective strategies and activities to enhance the lives of their students and learn to honor each student’s self-system • Gain access to useful reproducibles at marzanoresearch.com/reproducibles

Marzano Research is a joint venture between Solution Tree and Dr. Robert J. Marzano. Marzano Research combines Dr. Marzano’s forty years of educational research with continuous action research in all major areas of schooling in order to provide effective and accessible instructional strategies, leadership strategies, and classroom assessment strategies that are always at the forefront of best practice. Visit marzanoresearch.com/reproducibles to access materials related to this book.

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ROBERT J. MARZANO JANA S. MARZANO

• Use the three-phase management process—awareness, analysis, and choice—every day to ensure success

Emotions, Interpretations, and Actions

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INNER WORLD

of teaching

Robert J. Marzano Jana S. Marzano


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