Here is an excerpt from a new textbook just released entitled, Transforming Your Teaching: Practical Classroom Strategies Informed by Cognitive Neuroscience by Kimberly Carraway
"Transformation comes when other people enter into your struggle and choose to walk through it with you. They hold your hand when you are sad, encourage you when you are down, give you counsel when you do not know what to do, and celebrate with you when the victory finally arrives. They remind you of the hope set before you, casting a vision for your future. They do not shame, or make you feel guilty during the process- rather, they accept you where you are and encourage you to take the next step.
We bring real change into our students' lives when we walk alongside them rather than just dispense knowledge. Knowledge alone does not change behavior. People change from experience, and students' brains are changed by what they experience. What we do matters. What we do changes us."
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