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Creating passionate learners : engaging today's students for tomorrow's world / Kim Brown, Tony Frontier, Donald J. Viegut ; foreword by Dr. Russell J. Quaglia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Kim M., author.
- Frontier, Tony, author.
- Viegut, Donald, author.
- Series:
- Sage knowledge.
- Clarity series
- The clarity series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motivation in education--United States.
- Motivation in education.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Engagement (Philosophy).
- Educational psychology.
- Learning, Psychology of.
- Dropouts--United States--Prevention.
- Dropouts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations.
- 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 this 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 ...
- Contents:
- chapter 1. An introduction to creating passionate learners
- chapter 2. Committing to engagement literacy
- chapter 3. The power of mindset
- chapter 4. Internal dialogue : reengage learners using teacher feedback
- chapter 5. Self-determination
- chapter 6. Classroom culture : setting the tone for engagement
- chapter 7. High-leverage reforms
- chapter 8. Leading the transformation for creating passionate learners.
- Notes:
- Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index.
- Description based on MARC record for print version.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781483393421 (ebook) :
- OCLC:
- 1017717095
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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