Steve McCrea: Guide
Steve McCrea
Here’s a link to an article (in the google folder where you find this document) that highlights some of my influences and bias.
The idea for the ebook www.TINYURL.com/LetsLectureLess and the phrase Guide On the Side came when I realized that students were clamoring to get into my classes (I was teaching an intensive three-week English language program in Fort Lauderdale). Three teachers (who were escorting their students from Italy) asked to sit in my lessons. They took notes. Something was going on here. Something I had done or read had changed me so that my classes were somehow magnetic. This article shares with you what happened to me. I was a lecturer for much of my teaching career. From 1996 to 2005, I worked as a teacher of English to adults and I spent every class giving lectures. Then, I heard a remarkable interview on National Public Radio with Dennis Littky, founder of the Met Center in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
“Until we learn what the student’s passions and interests, it’s just school. After we start teaching to the student’s passions and interests, there is nothing to stop them from wanting to learn more and to connect the schoolwork to their future lives” (Littky, 2004, page 34).
You can get the same infection that I received by reading two chapters from Littky’s book The Big Picture: Education is everyone’s business (2004)
www.TINYURL.com/LittkyChapter1
www.TINYURL.com/LittkyChapter4
www.TINYURL.com/LittkyRadio the interview on National Public Radio
Boring lecture in Caribbean, April 2013. CLICK HERE
Links to Blogs
Links to articles
Profile of Dennis Littky (compilation by Steve)
Chronically Curious (an Independent Educator)
Links to ebooks
Dr. Fischler's list of quotes (Steve edited the book)
Websites managed by Steve
John Corlette Society (JC was founder of the high school that Steve attended 1973-76)
The Center for PPP (Projects, Presentations, Portfolios and Personalization). This page is an homage to Dr. Fischler
Build thje Future (a pitch to principals)
FIND A SMALL SCHOOL (a pitch to parents)
Mentors on Video (a way to bring experts into the classroom)
Steve's favorite book. Too bad it cost $26 retail. Go ahead, get it. Spread the stories by Dennis Littky. This book was translated into Spanish.
