Creating passionate learners : engaging today's students for tomorrow's world / Kim Brown, Tony Frontier, Donald J. Viegut ; foreward by Dr. Russell J. Quaglia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Kim M., author.

Frontier, Tony, author.

Viegut, Donald, author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Clarity series

The clarity series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motivation in education--United States.

Motivation in education.

United States.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Engagement (Philosophy).

Educational psychology.

Learning, Psychology of.

Dropouts--United States--Prevention.

Dropouts.

Physical Description:

xviii, 205 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2016]

Summary:

Increase student engagement and create passionate learners, The path that leads a student to drop out of school is typically long, with engagement fading each year until the student stops attending. Clearly, increasing student engagement is the key to halting the sequence. But lack of consensus on the definition of "engagement" makes this difficult. What schools need is a common engagement literacy-a simple yet nuanced understanding of how to maximize engagement. This book offers the first comprehensive system for defining engagement and optimizing it in any student cohort. Inside, you'll learn. How to improve teacher feedback methods for maximum engagement, The power of mindset (for both educators and students), Key vocabulary terms for furthering the engagement process, With this book, you can block the path to dropping out and create a community of passionate learners. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 An Introduction to Creating Passionate Learners 1

The Educational Anachronism 1

Beyond the Next Mandate 3

The Intent of Policies and the Ensuing Debates 4

Assumptions Driving the Current Context 6

The Influence of the Industrial Revolution and Scientific Management 6

The Influence of Measurements of Intelligence and Behaviorism 8

How Scientific Management and Measurement Influence Our Current Educational Context 9

An Alternate Premise: A Humanist Approach to Education and Cognitivist Approaches to Learning 10

From Past Practice to Next Practice: New Assumptions for Schools in the 21st Century 13

Tension 1 Fixed, Single-Dimensional Beliefs About Intelligence Versus Incremental, Multidimensional Beliefs About Intelligence 13

Tension 2 Behaviorist Beliefs About Compliance Versus Cognitivist Beliefs About Motivation and Engagement 14

Tension 3 Controlling Behaviors to Determine Another's Action Versus Autonomy Supportive Behaviors to Guide Individual Growth 14

2 Committing to Engagement Literacy 16

Test Scores Tell Only Part of the Story 17

In Search of Something More 18

Defining Student Engagement 19

Why Engagement Is Important 22

Mistaking Compliance for Engagement 23

A More Nuanced View: Types of Student Engagement 25

Engagement as Malleable: Classrooms and Schools Matter 27

3 The Power of Mindset 31

Mindset 32

Power of Effort 37

Leveraging Mindset 39

Changing Our Mental Models About Mindset to Affect Student Engagement 40

Efficiency for Adults and Effectiveness for Students 41

Making Learner Psychology Relevant 41

Migrating From a Fixed to a Growth Mindset 43

The Implications of Growth Mindset for Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Engagement 47

The Importance of Dispositions 48

Dispositions: Now and in the Future 49

Dispositions Nested in the Framework for Creating Passionate Learners 50

Growth Mindset Dispositions 51

Classroom Strategies for Strengthening Student Dispositions 56

How Growth Mindset Supports Passionate Learners 58

4 Internal Dialogue: Reengage Learners Using Teacher Feedback 61

Internal Dialogue 62

Using Positive Suppositions to Influence Students' Views of Themselves and Translate to Confidence in the Classroom 63

Developing Students' Internal Dialogue by Using Language Intentionally 66

Efficacy Through Deliberate Language 69

Using Careful Feedback to Aid in Students' Reflection 71

Valuing Student Voice in Feedback 74

Formative Assessment and Formative Feedback Strategies 75

When Students Self-Correct 76

The Implications of Internal Dialogue for Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Engagement 78

Internal Dialogue Dispositions 79

How Internal Dialogue Supports Passionate Learners 83

5 Self-Determination 87

Self-Determination Theory 88

Differences Between Autonomy Supportive and Controlling Teachers 92

The Implications of Self-Determination for Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Engagement 93

Self-Determination Dispositions 94

Self-Determination Through the Teacher's Eyes 94

How Self-Determination Supports Passionate Learners 94

6 Classroom Culture: Setting the Tone for Engagement 100

Culture Defined 102

A Culture of Purpose and Commitment to Support Cognitive Engagement 106

Cognitive Engagement as a Culture of Learning or a Culture of Performance? 106

Cognitive Engagement as a Culture of Inquiry or a Culture of Right Answers? 109

A Culture of Purpose and Commitment to Support Emotional Engagement 111

Emotional Engagement as a Culture of Judging or a Culture of Understanding? 113

Emotional Engagement as a Culture of Me or We? 116

A Culture of Purpose to Support Behavioral Engagement 119

Behavioral Engagement in a Culture of Compliance or Authenticity? 119

Behavioral Engagement as a Culture of Low Expectations or Expertise? 126

Passion Deflators 135

The Teacher Whisperer 138

Culture Dispositions 140

Possible Dark Sides to Dispositions 142

How Culture Supports Passionate Learners 149

7 High-Leverage Reforms 150

Student Engagement as the Filter for High-Leverage Reform 153

Case Studies: Transactional and Transformational 154

Case 1 A Transactional Example 154

Case 1 A Transformational Example 154

Case 2 A Transactional Example 155

Case 2 A Transformational Example 156

Considerations and Implications in Determining High-Leverage Reform Strategies 157

8 Leading the Transformation for Creating Passionate Learners 160

Planning for Transformational Change and the System Work of School Leaders 163

Transformational Leadership in Action 165

Influencing a Heightened Leader Commitment to Student Engagement 167

Building Level 167

District Level 170

Guiding Leaders' Focus on Student Engagement 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1483344487

9781483344485

OCLC:

917888377

Publisher Number:

99964428810