“Teacher in the Rye: Doing It My Way,” is a memoir as an innovative, creative classroom teacher during my forty years in the latter half of the 20th century. I've written it to encourage teachers and the public to respect and support teachers to be themselves in their classrooms and not to be a conduit of others' directives.
Two-way teaching! Conversation is the medium where students and teacher learn! Everyone listens, everyone shares. In this short, concise, practical book, teachers will find a myriad of ways to engage in conversation with their students––and engage themselves.
Conversation Classrooms is the second edition of my successful Teaching That Matters Engaging Minds, Improving Schools (Roman and Littlefield, 2015). Focusing on student engagement, it offers concise, practical, and innovative strategies to stimulate face-to-face learning, important––in fact essential––in today's digital age.
"Conversation Classrooms is an inspirational book to read if you want to bring new life into your school."
"I feel Frank Thoms's energy and commitment in his book Conversation Classrooms. It feels like a personal conversation rather than a broadcast, which is what makes him a good teacher."
Conversation Classrooms is the second edition of my successful Teaching That Matters Engaging Minds, Improving Schools (Roman and Littlefield, 2015). Focusing on student engagement, it offers concise, practical, and innovative strategies to stimulate face-to-face learning, important––in fact essential––in today's digital age.
"Conversation Classrooms is an inspirational book to read if you want to bring new life into your school."
Jenn David-Lang, founder of the Main Idea
"I feel Frank Thoms's energy and commitment in his book Conversation Classrooms. It feels like a personal conversation rather than a broadcast, which is what makes him a good teacher."
Ron Stegall, international education advisor