The passionate learner : how teachers and parents can help children reclaim the joy of discovery / Robert L. Fried.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fried, Robert L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Parent participation.

Education.

Effective teaching.

Motivation in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, c2001.

Summary:

All children begin life as passionate, curious learners. But in school, too many become alienated from the joy of learning. Filled with stories and specific ideas, The Passionate Learner is a handbook for cultivating kids' passionate engagement with learning at all ages.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Of Passionate Learning, Food Fights, and Who Needs Soccer?

The Promise of Passionate Learning

The Promise

The Chasm

Reclaiming the Promise

What Teachers Can Do to Reclaim the Promise

Revisiting the Chasm

What Parents Can Do to Reclaim the Promise

What Schools and Systems Can Do to Reclaim the Promise

The Practice of Passionate Learning

Curriculum as Relationships

Curriculum? Who

Parents and Curriculum

Words of Power

A''Good Enough'' Literacy Program

Lift Every Voice

Passionate Teaching and Learning in an Era of Standardization

A Passion for Excellence- and How We Undermine It

Celebrating '' Inconsistent Excellence''

Education at the Millennium

Unsung Heroes

Notes

A Few Thoughts and Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-278) and index.

ISBN:

0-8070-3149-6

OCLC:

70763684