Passionate Learners, Pernille Ripp
Passionate Learners, Pernille Ripp
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Passionate Learners
How to Engage and Empower Your Students

Author: Pernille Ripp

Narrator: Laurel Lefkow

Unabridged: 5 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/31/2026

Synopsis

Would you want to be a student in your own classroom? In Passionate Learners: How to Engage and Empower Your Students, author Pernille Ripp challenges both novice and seasoned teachers to create a positive, interactive learning environment where students drive their own academic achievement. You'll discover how to make fundamental changes to your classroom so learning becomes an exciting challenge rather than a frustrating ordeal. Based on the author's personal experience of transforming her approach to teaching, this book outlines how to:Build a working relationship with your students based on mutual trust, respect, and appreciation.Be attentive to your students; needs and share ownership of the classroom with them.Break out of the vicious cycle of punishment and reward to control student behavior.Use innovative and creative lesson plans to get your students to become more engaged and intellectually-invested learners, while still meeting your state standards.Limit homework and abandon traditional grading so that your students can make the most of their learning experiences without unnecessary stress.And much more!

About Pernille Ripp

Pernille Ripp is a seventh grade teacher in Oregon, Wisconsin, and the creator of the Global Read Aloud (theglobalreadaloud.com), a literacy initiative that has connected more than 2,000,000 students since 2010 through the use of technology. She speaks internationally and writes regularly on her blog (pernillesripp.com). She is also author of Passionate Learners: Giving Our Classrooms Back to Our Students.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Travis on June 02, 2017

Pernille's teaching philosophy deeply reflects my own. The section about grades was one of my favorites. This year, a co-worker and I changed our grading practice and focused on feedback and conversations as opposed to numeric grades. Thank you, Pernille Ripp, for your books about passionate learnin......more

Goodreads review by Adam on March 08, 2023

Książka ideowo piękna. Jak dla mnie wyidealizowana. Treść super, ale mało konkretnych przykładów i narzędzi. Zasygnalizowała problem i jeżeli tylko o to chodziło to jak najbardziej polecam, bo zmiany w polskiej szkole są potrzebne. Jednak spodziewałem się zdecydowanie więcej konkretów.......more

Goodreads review by Jason on November 27, 2021

Fantastic read. I'm really glad to find other educators who see how broken our system is and how it kills students' to learn, and who are willing to take risks and do something different for the sake of reigniting that spark of curiosity. I highly recommend this book. The author's format is extremel......more

Goodreads review by Jordan on August 30, 2017

This book reads like a personal diary where Pernillle bravely reflects on how her teaching practice changed as she increasingly trusted herself as a teacher. It is laid out in a very straightforward manner with each chapter divided into Then, Now and Next. Rather than create a book that promotes a p......more

Goodreads review by Mr. on December 13, 2019

Nothing life changing, but some nice reminders that I'm not completely terrible at this job thing.......more

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