Understanding schooling through the eyes of students / Joseph F. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Joseph, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher-student relationships.

Educational psychology.

Learning, Psychology of.

Students--Attitudes.

Students.

Effective teaching.

Physical Description:

ix, 268 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, a SAGE Company, [2016]

Summary:

When we act on what students tell us, valuable outcomes follow. Students know best what engages and bores them and can offer dynamic insight into how to encourage learning. When we make efforts to listen, we learn to increase interest, motivation, and overall achievement through academic press and a supportive culture. This book shows readers how to tap into student insight and adjust thinking to see education and learning through their eyes. Experience new levels of engagement and growth as you learn to, Build a culture of support, safety, and membership through academic excellence, Nurture the growth of engaged teaching, Begin to view schooling through students' eyes and transform your learning environment into a challenging, cohesive, and satisfying model for growth and outcome. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Seeing Student Eyes 1

Poem Drowned But Not Dead #1 2

1 The Centrality of Student-Teacher Relationships 5

2 Understanding Student Eyes 23

Part 2 Student Views of Culture 51

Poem A Good School #1 52

3 Care 53

4 Support, Safety, and Membership 73

Part 3 Student Views of the Academic Program 115

Poem A Good School #2 116

5 Engaged Teaching 119

6 Constructed Learning 135

Part 4 Evidence on Student Views 163

Poem High School #1 164

7 Students Have It Right 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781506310039

1506310036

OCLC:

931644106