Eight myths of student disengagement : creating classrooms of deep learning / Jennifer A. Fredricks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fredricks, Jennifer A., author.

Series:

Classroom insights from educational psychology.

Classroom insights from educational psychology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motivation in education.

Learning, Psychology of.

Teacher-student relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Student disengagement is a huge challenge for teachers everywhere. Leading education expert Jennifer Fredricks empowers teachers to reengage students at all levels with powerful examples and clear-eyed implementation strategies that build essential 21st century learning skills. Teachers get the core facts about the causes, consequences, and solutions to disengagement and learn to confidently identify students most at risk for disengagement, implement student-centered, project-based learning practices for maximum educational outcomes, work effectively with diverse groups of disengaged youth, and build positive peer cultures and high-quality student-teacher relationships.

Contents:

""EIGHT MYTHS OF STUDENT DISENGAGEMENT-FRONT COVER""; ""EIGHT MYTHS OF STUDENT DISENGAGEMENT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE: MYTH 1: IT�S EASY TO TELL WHO IS ENGAGED: WHAT IS ENGAGEMENT AND HOW CAN I ASSESS IT IN MY CLASSROOM?""; ""CHAPTER TWO: MYTH 2: SOME STUDENTS JUST DON�T CARE: HOW DISENGAGEMENT IS MORE THAN JUST A LACK OF STUDENT MOTIVATION""

""CHAPTER THREE: MYTH 3: WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL COMPETES WITH ACADEMICS: HOW OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME AND FAMILIES AFFECT ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL""""CHAPTER FOUR: MYTH 4: HANDS-ON IS MINDS-ON: HOW TO CREATE MORE ENGAGING CLASSROOM TASKS THAT RESULT IN DEEP LEARNING""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: MYTH 5: FOCUS ON CONTENT: DON�T MAKE IT PERSONAL: HOW RELATIONSHIPS MATTER FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT""; ""CHAPTER SIX: MYTH 6: SOCIALIZING WITH PEERS DETRACTS FROM STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: HOW TO CREATE A PEER CONTEXT THAT SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT""

""CHAPTER SEVEN: MYTH 7: THERE�S ONLY SO MUCH A TEACHER CAN DO: HOW TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS STILL STRUGGLING TO SUCCEED""""CHAPTER EIGHT: MYTH 8: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IS A STUDENT CHOICE: CHOOSING TO MAKE THE EFFORT AND NOT WAITING FOR ENGAGEMENT TO HAPPEN""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Fredricks, Jennifer Ann Eight Myths of Student Disengagement

ISBN:

9781483359106

1483359107

9781483394534

1483394530

9781483359090

1483359093

OCLC:

915343726