{"product_id":"beat-boredom-engaging-tuned-out-teenagers-9781625311498","title":"Beat Boredom: Engaging Tuned-Out Teenagers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Martha Rush\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Professional Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre your students bored in class? According to research, a majority of American high school students report being bored in class and fewer than 5% claimed that they were \u003ci\u003erarely bored\u003c\/i\u003e during a typical day in school. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer journalist and veteran teacher Martha Rush decided this would not do for her Minnesota students. Moving beyond asking open-ended questions and making connections to their own lives, Martha began to engage her government, journalism, and economics classes in meaty discussions, competitions, simulations, and authentic work, like running a newspaper or starting a business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on her more than 800 interviews with high school graduates, she offers up strategies in all subject areas for active engagement, moving way beyond traditional passive memorization of information. She describes how to create innovative experiences in your classroom, and shares her own lessons and her students' work. \u003ci\u003eBeat Boredom\u003c\/i\u003e will help you join the ranks of teachers who have challenged the status quo and found ways to motivate even the most reluctant learners.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45235405914263,"sku":"9781625311498","price":2573.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781625311498.webp?v=1769209589","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beat-boredom-engaging-tuned-out-teenagers-9781625311498","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}