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Book Review: How to Teach Adults: Plan Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World by Spalding, D.

Book Review: How to Teach Adults: Plan Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World by... Vol. 26 No. 4 ADULT LEARNING Spalding, D. (2014). How to Teach Adults: Plan Your Chapter 2, Spalding (2014) covers important information Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World related to becoming a newly hired teacher. For example, (Expanded ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 231 he offers advice on how to read a teaching contract and pp. ISBN 978-1118841365 (paperback) provides a checklist of specific points new teachers should look for in a contract. In addition, he stresses the importance of understanding school bureaucracy and Reviewed by: Michelle A. Johnson why it is unadvisable to go rogue. Texas A&M University, College Station, USA My graduate teaching assistantship has immersed me DOI:10.1177/1045159515595806 in teaching and classroom management practices, and Spalding (2014) reinforces these practices by offering How do you plan your classes and teach your adult suggestions in Chapter 6 on how to run a classroom. students? How do you avoid becoming that teacher For example, he covers the important ritual of starting who assigns the class busywork or puts them to sleep and finishing each class on time. This ritual, he with a boring lecture? In How to Teach Adults: Plan explains, helps promote learning while building a Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World, community and encourages students to come to class Dan Spalding (2014) offers practical teaching and on time as well as staying engaged until the end. This classroom management suggestions for new teachers chapter serves as a roadmap for new teachers and and experienced professionals. offers experienced teachers ways to grow their In the preface, Spalding (2014) shares two reasons classroom management skills. he wrote, and why we should read, the book. The first By covering crucial information on how to teach reason is to help new teachers understand how to adults in 200 pages, Spalding’s (2014) book provides a design a course, grade student work, present course brief, yet meaningful, overview. However, the book’s information, and develop their teaching persona. brevity may contribute to the lack of discussion on the Second, he encourages experienced professionals to change the world piece mentioned in the title. Perhaps rediscover their passion for teaching and uncover new future editions will contain a more sufficient discussion ways to grow as a professional. Spalding hopes this on how teachers can change the world. Overall, for book will help and encourage teachers to teach new teachers who may feel overwhelmed by teaching themselves to be teachers. He presents useful for the first time or experienced professionals who find suggestions and practical advice to start the teaching themselves putting their students to sleep, this book process efficiently and effectively. offers useful tips and suggestions on how to teach Spalding (2014) arranges the book in a reader-friendly adults and plan a class. format, which covers theoretical foundations of teaching (Chapter 1), provides teaching and classroom management tools (Chapters 2-7), offers advice on how to develop a teaching persona and grow as a teacher Caffarella, R. S., & Daffron, S. R. (2013). Planning (Chapters 8 and 9), and ends with a discussion on the Programs for Adult Learners: A Practical Guide (3rd future of education (Chapter 10). The subsections in each ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 464 pp. ISBN chapter contain clever yet informative titles. For example, 0470770376 (softcover) Chapter 1 opens with “Safety First, Discomfort Second.” In this subsection, Spalding discusses the importance of Reviewed by: David Culkin pushing students outside their comfort zone (where very US Army University, Leavenworth, KS, USA little learning occurs) into the discomfort zone (where lots DOI:10.1177/1045159515594148 of learning occurs). Spalding uses a creative and insightful format to provide readers with real-life examples of teaching adults, helpful hints, and notes. As a doctoral student looking forward to teaching Adult educators have long dreaded and cherished the adults, this book is a valuable resource. For example, in challenging, yet absolutely necessary, activity of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Book Review: How to Teach Adults: Plan Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World by Spalding, D.

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Vol. 26 No. 4 ADULT LEARNING Spalding, D. (2014). How to Teach Adults: Plan Your Chapter 2, Spalding (2014) covers important information Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World related to becoming a newly hired teacher. For example, (Expanded ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 231 he offers advice on how to read a teaching contract and pp. ISBN 978-1118841365 (paperback) provides a checklist of specific points new teachers should look for in a contract. In addition, he stresses the importance of understanding school bureaucracy and Reviewed by: Michelle A. Johnson why it is unadvisable to go rogue. Texas A&M University, College Station, USA My graduate teaching assistantship has immersed me DOI:10.1177/1045159515595806 in teaching and classroom management practices, and Spalding (2014) reinforces these practices by offering How do you plan your classes and teach your adult suggestions in Chapter 6 on how to run a classroom. students? How do you avoid becoming that teacher For example, he covers the important ritual of starting who assigns the class busywork or puts them to sleep and finishing each class on time. This ritual, he with a boring lecture? In How to Teach Adults: Plan explains, helps promote learning while building a Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World, community and encourages students to come to class Dan Spalding (2014) offers practical teaching and on time as well as staying engaged until the end. This classroom management suggestions for new teachers chapter serves as a roadmap for new teachers and and experienced professionals. offers experienced teachers ways to grow their In the preface, Spalding (2014) shares two reasons classroom management skills. he wrote, and why we should read, the book. The first By covering crucial information on how to teach reason is to help new teachers understand how to adults in 200 pages, Spalding’s (2014) book provides a design a course, grade student work, present course brief, yet meaningful, overview. However, the book’s information, and develop their teaching persona. brevity may contribute to the lack of discussion on the Second, he encourages experienced professionals to change the world piece mentioned in the title. Perhaps rediscover their passion for teaching and uncover new future editions will contain a more sufficient discussion ways to grow as a professional. Spalding hopes this on how teachers can change the world. Overall, for book will help and encourage teachers to teach new teachers who may feel overwhelmed by teaching themselves to be teachers. He presents useful for the first time or experienced professionals who find suggestions and practical advice to start the teaching themselves putting their students to sleep, this book process efficiently and effectively. offers useful tips and suggestions on how to teach Spalding (2014) arranges the book in a reader-friendly adults and plan a class. format, which covers theoretical foundations of teaching (Chapter 1), provides teaching and classroom management tools (Chapters 2-7), offers advice on how to develop a teaching persona and grow as a teacher Caffarella, R. S., & Daffron, S. R. (2013). Planning (Chapters 8 and 9), and ends with a discussion on the Programs for Adult Learners: A Practical Guide (3rd future of education (Chapter 10). The subsections in each ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 464 pp. ISBN chapter contain clever yet informative titles. For example, 0470770376 (softcover) Chapter 1 opens with “Safety First, Discomfort Second.” In this subsection, Spalding discusses the importance of Reviewed by: David Culkin pushing students outside their comfort zone (where very US Army University, Leavenworth, KS, USA little learning occurs) into the discomfort zone (where lots DOI:10.1177/1045159515594148 of learning occurs). Spalding uses a creative and insightful format to provide readers with real-life examples of teaching adults, helpful hints, and notes. As a doctoral student looking forward to teaching Adult educators have long dreaded and cherished the adults, this book is a valuable resource. For example, in challenging, yet absolutely necessary, activity of

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