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[James Rourke] puts forth a variety of concrete suggestions for dealing with students, for both academics and behaviors. Teachers will find some to be old favorites (talk to the students) and a few unique ones. It is ... a serious tome of 'reflections on teaching.'--Barb Radmore, editor Front Street Reviews

From My Classroom to Yours: Reflections on Teaching is a realistic tale of one teacher's journey of using self-reflection to regain his passion for the classroom. -- Thomas E. O'Rourke From My Classroom to Yours encourages teachers to move beyond the unproductive cycle that infests the current educational system to become that teacher who doesn't give up on that troubled student. Tcm Reviews [James Rourke] puts forth a variety of concrete suggestions for dealing with students, for both academics and behaviors. Teachers will find some to be old favorites (talk to the students) and a few unique ones. It is ... a serious tome of 'reflections on teaching.' -- Barb Radmore, editor Front Street Reviews A thoroughly accessible guide, highly recommended for grade school through high school teachers of all backgrounds. Library Bookwatch Rourke describes methods for increasing student performance and reducing teacher apathy and burnout. He discusses types of instructors, how they should strive to be ideal teachers, how to deal with classroom culture, coaching in the classroom, discipline, understanding and promoting student value, critical thinking, and other topics. -- Reference & Research Book News August 2007 James Rourke brings to his readers insight into today's classroom and the challenge facing both teachers and their students. His perspective of the subculture of schools and their unique problems is not only thought-provoking but also timely. Teachers, students, and parents will benefit from his commentary on contemporary schooling practices. -- Lawrence Fenn

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James Rourke teaches history at Norwich Free Academy, a quasi-public high school in Norwich, Connecticut.

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