Based on Dave Burgess’s popular “Outrageous Teaching” and “Teach Like a PIRATE” seminars, this book offers inspiration, practical techniques, and innovative ideas that will help you to increase student engagement, boost your creativity, and transform your life as an educator. You’ll learn how to: • Tap into and dramatically increase your passion as a teacher • Develop outrageously engaging lessons that draw students in like a magnet • Establish rapport and a sense of camaraderie in your classroom • Transform your class into a life-changing experience for your students This groundbreaking inspirational manifesto contains over 30 hooks specially designed to captivate your class and 170 brainstorming questions that will skyrocket your creativity. Once you learn the Teach Like a PIRATE system, you’ll never look at your role as an educator the same again.
A Book Bound to Change The Way We Teach Books purporting to help teachers hone their craft are abundant in the educational world, but as every teacher knows, those that actually cause them to modify what they do in the classroom are a rare commodity. Teach Like A Pirate, by Dave Burgess, however, has the potential to do just that. By encouraging all teachers to stretch themselves a little beyond their comfort levels, Mr. Burgess challenges them to create classrooms that are “an amazing…unique place filled with outrageously…
Don’t Let His Author Mugshot fool You I love this book. I have never purchased a book on teaching until now. I am a teacher in San Diego. I attended a workshop by Dave Burgess. He is really great at teaching. as you know if you are reading this page. Teachers are a surly group. we are jaded and ready to be underwhelm. I still remember his workshop, a year later. It was extremely motivating. This is not a book written by a 25 yr old PHD professional student. It is book written by a veteran teacher. I use Dave’s hooks in my classroom…
A Teacher’s Teacher: Reinventing Education Just When We Most Need It! Dave Burgess is an explosion of energy and passion, sharing his complete involvement in his mission as a teacher in such a way that he draws EVERYONE into his mindset – teachers, education majors, parents, grandparents, and observers and critics of our educational system, flaws and all. If he does indeed teaches as well as he writes (and there is no question but that he does!) his students are a privileged group. And if enough teachers read and abide by his challenges then the future of…