Teaching Outside The Box Summary

Teaching Outside the Box by LouAnne Johnson provides a plethora of tips and ideas on how to succeed in teaching through the rough patches. She goes through everything from how the teacher should look to disorders that may affect students. Out of the twelve chapters, chapters six and eight stuck out the most to me. Due to the reality of discipline being a necessity in the classroom, and how the light can impact the students’ ability to learn effectively. Chapter six, Discipline Is Not a Dirty Word, effectively helps a teacher realize that student’s need discipline to grow, but it can wear a teacher down. For example, under the Define Your Philosophy section she makes it a point that all disciplinary actions should follow one goal. Without …show more content…
The fact that scotopic sensitivity seems to be a fairly common issue, but so many aspects of school worsen this disorder is nearly alarming. Such as, districts not allowing for the colored screening to figure how sensitive a student is to the light, or not providing accommodations to lessen the pain of scotopic sensitivity, and even worse the misdiagnosis of their disorder. This chapter gives an abundance of data from various scientific data and the impact of light on learning that should bring the idea of having better lighting within the classroom as a necessity for all future teachers. Due to the fact that it will lessen the issues that comes with those who choose not to read and give alternative methods on to understanding why they dislike reading, and it will also help teachers believe that sometimes eye issues do not come from drug usage, but actual disorders. The idea of scotopic sensitivity may be a controversial topic, but this idea needs to be discussed and looked into further due to the fact that it impacts more students than many of us