Every chapter has been revised and some significantly expanded,
particularly those on planning, conducting and reviewing lazy lessons.
Others have been updated with Jim's latest tried-and-tested techniques,
which all shift the emphasis away from the teaching and onto the
learning.
Have you ever wondered what would happen in your classroom if you simply
stopped teaching? Over the last few decades the demands of countless
education initiatives, not to mention the pressures good teachers put on
themselves, have seen so much teaching squeezed into our lessons, it
must have squeezed out some of the learning. Maybe if we spent a little
less time teaching and gave students a little more time to learn, things
would be different. Maybe this would allow us more opportunities to
build relationships with the class and develop that all-important
rapport with the individuals who might just need us most. Maybe we could
even reclaim our Sunday afternoons from planning and marking?
The Lazy Way can help you get more out of your students and at the same
time help you to get your life back. More than just a series of tricks,
the Lazy Way is something Jim Smith has put together over years of
experience working with all sorts of learners (and teachers) who want
their lessons to be different yet still be rewarded with academic
success. The approach was born out of Jim's frustration with doing a job
he loves but being slowly killed by it in the process. And, as all good
psychologists know, if necessity is the mother of invention then
frustration is the absent father, and being knackered the grown-up
sibling who just won't leave home.
If you want your students to learn more and you to work less, then The
Lazy Teacher's Handbook provides you with all the arguments and
evidence you need. The new edition is packed full of even more
easy-to-apply, highly effective strategies (which Ofsted have rated as
'outstanding') all with the seal of approval from real students in real
classrooms. So, next time someone tells you to get a life, this book
will make it possible.
Previously published as The Lazy Teacher's Handbook, ISBN
9781845902896.
'The Lazy Teacher' is a registered trademark.
The Lazy Teacher's Handbook - first edition Winner of the 2012 Award for
non-fiction bestselling English-language Book from Wales.
The Lazy Teacher's Handbook - New Edition - Honorable Mention 2017
Foreword INDIES Awards in the Education category.
The Lazy Teacher's Handbook - New Edition is a finalist in the 2018
Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.
