The art of using the techniques - Introduction to the third edition: The art of teaching and Its tools

Teach like a champion 3.0: 63 techniques that put students on the path to college - Lemov Doug 2021

The art of using the techniques
Introduction to the third edition: The art of teaching and Its tools

Many of the techniques you will read about in this book may at first seem mundane and unremarkable. They are not always especially innovative. They are not always intellectually startling. They sometimes fail to march in step with educational theory. But used well and responsively they yield an outcome that more than compensates for their occasionally humble appearance. They are worth your time and effort sometimes because they are so mundane and easy to overlook. Simple and useful can be beautiful words. But I want to emphasize that the art is in the discretionary application of the techniques. I've tried to help artisans be artists, not because I think the work of teaching can be mechanized or made formulaic. There is a right and wrong time and place for all of the tools. Effective application will always fall to the unique style and vision of great teachers. That, in a word, is artistry. Great teaching is no less great because the teacher systematically mastered specific skills than is David a lesser reflection of Michelangelo's genius because Michelangelo mastered the grammar of the chisel before he created the statue. I believe that given the tools here, teachers will make insightful, independent decisions about how and when to use the techniques of the craft as they go about becoming masters of the art of teaching.