2nd Edition

The Genius Hour Guidebook Fostering Passion, Wonder, and Inquiry in the Classroom

By Denise Krebs, Gallit Zvi Copyright 2020
208 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

208 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

208 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

Promote your students’ creativity and get them excited about learning! In the second edition of this popular, practical book, authors Denise Krebs and Gallit Zvi show you how to implement Genius Hour, a time when students can develop their own inquiry-based projects around their passions and take ownership of their work. Brought to you by MiddleWeb and Routledge Eye On Education, the book takes... Read more

1. Genius Hour and Why Students Need It 

2. Introducing Genius Hour to Your Class 

3. The Launch: Diving In and Letting Go 

4. Great Picture Books for Genius Hour Kids 

5. Loosening Deadlines and Sharing Passions 

6. Managing the Genius Hour Classroom and Projects 

7. Helping Kids Make Their Learning Visible 

8. Teaching about Self-Assessment and Feedback 

9. What Can We Do to Improve the World? 

10. Adding All Our Voices to the Genius Hour Movement

Biography

Denise Krebs teaches English to grade 5 students in a bilingual Arabic-English school in Bahrain.

Gallit Zvi is a teacher in a grade 4–7 multi-age classroom in Surrey, BC, Canada.

Denise Krebs (@mrsdkrebs) and Gallit Zvi (@gallit_z) are co-moderators of the Twitter chat group #geniushour.