A rare teacher is able to do his job with passion year after year. No matter how passionate he is about his subject, over time, fatigue and a sense of devastation begin to overcome him, the lessons become a routine, a tedious duty, as for his students. All this happened to the author of this book, a history teacher at an American school, Dave Burges. He began to look for ways to return this passion and as a result developed a whole program for teachers, which he called «Teach Like a Pirate.» It means — lead the lessons like a pirate: energetic, bold, unpredictable and without regard to other people’s opinions. His point-by-point recommendations are precise and practical. How effective this technique is is evidenced by the fact that this book immediately became a bestseller, and Burges himself received the Bammy Award from the American Academy of Science and Education as the best high school teacher in 2014.
Alpina Publisher, 238 p., 2015.