978-84-15058-34-2
Formato 17x24 cm
232 páginas
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A Hands-On Manual for teachers, parents and magicians
Xuxo Ruiz is a teacher and magician who found that by mixing both
his passions he could be more helpful to children and teachers all
over the world. Teaching with Magic got him nominated for
the Global Teacher Prize.
The teachers I remember best from my childhood are the ones who made
their classes more fun for me. It was fabulous having classes with
them, we had such a great time together! They knew that first they
needed to capture our attention. If they made the classes fun for
us, we were more motivated and we had the desire to go to school.
Sadly, a lack of motivation for learning is nowadays very common
with most children and in most schools.
When I first started lecturing as a teacher, I would occasionally do
magic tricks. Then I noticed the students’ attention and motivation
for learning increased. It made me think of other educators, and I
wondered… Could magic help schoolteachers? How would the students
react? What techniques and tricks should a teacher use in class, and
parents at home?
Then I felt the need to create a practical method for motivating
students in their schools, and I created Educational Magic.
In the following years, I continued implementing my magic for
educational purposes in the schools where I taught. From
kindergarten and elementary school to high school, from my Physical
Education classes to Art classes, across Math, Language, and
Science… It was not just in order to motivate, but also in order to
explain, mediate conflicts, influence the students’ conduct, and
boost their self-esteem.
Fifteen years later, after investigating, studying, revising,
adapting, practicing and applying hundreds of magic tricks at
school, I have managed to arrive at the selection that you now hold
in your hands.
All the tricks featured here have been tried out and evaluated with
real students in real situations, and they are perfect for any
teaching situation. The result of years of practical work,
rehearsals, class hours, and magic…It’s all right here. Going
through these pages, you will learn techniques that will surprise
you with their efficacy. In your hands is the opportunity to learn,
to be entertained, and of course to entertain others as you teach.
You will surprise your students, you will thrill them, and you will
make them think.
In my personal experience (and that of the teachers and parents who
have taken part in my courses), it really works. Because of that I
strongly believe in the enormous resource potential of what you are
about to learn.
