On Becoming an Effective Teacher

<p>On Becoming an Effective Teacher describes exemplary practices like Teach For America which highlight the power of person-centered teaching to bring about higher student achievement and emotional intelligence. Lyon situates the classic with the cutting-edge integrating wisdom with research anecdote with practical advice to find truths that reveal paths toward effective teaching.</p><p>Jeffrey Cornelius-White Psy.D. LPC Professor of Counseling Missouri State University USA Author of <i>Learner Centered Instruction: Building Relationships for Student Success</i></p><p>This fascinating book reveals through current research and contemporary applications that Carl Rogers’ pioneering and radical approach to education is as relevant today as it was in the 1970s and ‘80s.</p><p>Brian Thorne University of East Anglia UK</p><p>Carl Rogers is one of the most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. His influence is similarly outstanding in the fields of education counselling psychotherapy conflict resolution and peace. </p><p>On Becoming an Effective Teacher presents the final unpublished writings of Rogers and as such has not only unique historical value but also a vital message for today’s educational crises and can be read as a prescription against violence in our schools. It documents the research results of four highly relevant related but independent studies which comprise the biggest collection of data ever accumulated to test a person-centred theory in the field of education. This body of comprehensive research on effective teaching was accomplished over a twenty-year period in 42 U.S. States and in six other countries including the UK Germany Brazil Canada Israel and Mexico and is highly relevant to the concerns of teachers psychologists students and parents. </p><p>The principal findings of the research in this book show that teachers and schools can significantly improve their effectiveness through programs focusing on facilitative interpersonal relationships. Teachers who either naturally have or are trained to have empathy genuineness (congruence) and who prize their students (positive regard) create an important level of trust in the classroom and exert significant positive effects on student outcomes including achievement scores interpersonal functioning self-concept attendance and violence. </p><p>The dialogues between Rogers and Lyon offer a unique and timeless perspective on teaching counselling and learning. The work of Reinhard Tausch on person-centered teaching for counselors parents athletics and even textbook materials and the empathic interactions of teachers and students is among the most thorough and rigorous research ever accomplished on the significance and potential of a person-centered approach to teaching and learning.</p><p>This pioneering textbook is highly relevant to educational psychologists and researchers as well as those in undergraduate and graduate university courses in education teacher training counseling psychology and educational psychology. </p>