Marilee G. Adams - Teaching That Changes Lives: 12 Mindset Tools for Igniting the Love of Learning

More Praise for Teaching That Changes Lives

Marilee Adams is an engaging writer. Using the medium of storytelling, she clearly explains the importance of developing a Learner mindset and the necessity for educators to create inquiry-based learning environments infused with curiosity, creativity, and caring. Any educator in higher education and K12 is sure to benefit from reading this valuable and practical book.

Patrick Blessinger, founder and Executive Director, International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association

Offers a methodology for compassionhonors the power of the question and provides a gentle guide to a better kind of leadership. Great message. Very readable with tools and ideas that are easy to hold on to.

Peter Block, bestselling author of Stewardship and Community

Dr. Adams has created a fundamental framework thats sure to lead educators, administrators, and students toward increased collaboration, problem solving, and greater success. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about education and cares about the future. That means just about all of us.

Naomi Drew, educational consultant and author of No Kidding about Bullying

Every teacher can find himself or herself in this story. We all have days when self-doubt or frustration threatens to overtake our passion and commitment for teaching. Teaching That Changes Lives reveals the power of every teachers mindset to create a classroom climate that opens childrens minds, helping every student become engaged with and love deep learning. This is a must-read for everyone who touches the curious minds of childrena message that has powerful implications for changing schools and changing lives.

Victoria Duff, President, Learning Forward New Jersey, and Senior Consultant, Center for Results, Learning Forward

What a joy it was to read your book! You are sharing numerous underlying messages about hope, the power of asking positive questions, the importance of knowing ones students, learning styles, making mistakes and learning from them, and more. This exciting book will undoubtedly have a far-reaching and generative influence on teachers and students at all levels.

Jenny Edwards, PhD, Professor, School of Educational Leadership and Change, Fielding Graduate University

Marilees work has changed the life of my campus.

Verna Fitzsimmons, PhD, CEO, Kansas State University Salina, and Dean, College of Technology and Aviation

Best education book ever! Leverage the power of choice to ignite a passion for learning and change lives. Not only will you energize yourself as you read Marilees dynamic book, you will finally have the tools to enrich the lives of your students as you challenge them to claim their greatness.

Vicki Halsey, PhD, Vice President, The Ken Blanchard Companies, and author of Brilliance by Design

We have seen over and again that our mindsets impact all aspects of our work, forming the very foundation of trust, growth, and collaboration essential for achieving a positive staff culture, strong school culture, and, ultimately, academic success with our scholars. This book gives individuals at all school levels the tools necessary for building positive Learner mindsetsprovides the missing link in how to have a strong staff culture.

Camilla Lopez, Principal, and Kevin Lohela, Academic Dean, Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary School

This beautiful narrative, evoking the struggles and victories of real people and real situations, awakens our hopes and aspirations for igniting the love of learning, not just for our students but within the very heart of our own teachingas useful for youth workers, camp counselors, and parents as it is for classroom teachers.

John McAuley, President and CEO, The Leadership Studio at Muskoka Woods, Canada

This book is a beautiful and compelling illustration of the power of positive psychology and resilience theory in education!

Caroline Adams Miller, Master of Applied Positive Psychology and bestselling coauthor of Creating Your Best Life

This is truly an inspiring story of learning and change. I love that change and learning did not happen just to students but to teachers as wellillustrates the impact of emotional intelligence in actionThe transformative process embedded in the storyline is deeply beneficial and enlightening.

Kenneth Rhee, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Executive Leadership and Organizational Change Program, Northern Kentucky University

If every teacher in America read this book, I believe it would have an incredible impact on student learning. Dr. Adams helps the reader identify and manage two powerful mindsets that live behind all our actionsthe Judger and the Learner. If you are looking for a clear path for improving the learning of your students through your professional learning communities, this book will be indispensable for making that happen!

James L. Roussin, coauthor of Guiding Professional Learning Communities and Implementing Change through Learning

Teaching That Changes Lives kick-starts the learning journey for teachers, students, and school communities. Appreciative Inquiry in education is a perfect fit with the insightful questions and choices presented in this highly readable, usable book. Dr. Adams has made a major contribution to the strengths-focused education community.

Marge Schiller, PhD, founder, Positive Change Core, and coauthor of Appreciative Leaders

An uplifting book with meaningful, appreciative strategies for teachers committed to making a positive difference in their students livesa genuine contribution to teachers and learners in any setting.

Jacqueline M. Stavros, DM, Professor, Lawrence Technological University, and coauthor of The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook

Teaching That Changes Lives reminds us that at the heart of all good education are inquiry and a Learner mindset. This engaging and thoughtful book is filled with examples and simple, practical tools for creating a climate of learning where we can challenge our assumptions and change the questions we ask ourselves to build the education system of the future.

Kathy Telban, MEd, CPT, SPHR, Director of Curriculum and Assessment, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio

Teaching That Changes Lives wisely reminds us that authentic teaching requires that we must model the behavior we teach or we cannot hope to influence the behavioror the futureof our students.

Robert M. Tobias, JD, Director, Key Executive Leadership Programs, American University

This book re-ignites the raison detre for teachingto change lives. Marilee gives teachers powerful and simple methods for getting on track for what real teaching and real learning are all about.

Dr. Henry Toi, founder and CEO, Nurture Craft Education Group, Singapore, and Publisher, Brain Capital Magazine

TEACHING THAT CHANGES LIVES

Other books by Marilee Adams

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Berrett-Koehler

The Art of the Question: A Guide to Short-Term Question-Centered Therapy, Wiley

12 Mindset Tools for Igniting the Love of Learning

Marilee Adams, PhD