Changing attitudes and behavior : practice makes permanent / John Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, John, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching--Methodology.

Learning, Psychology of.

Motivation in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012.

Summary:

Changing Attitudes and Behavior: Practice Makes Permanent, the second of the Practice Makes Permanent series, argues that school performance is directly correlated to student motivation. If school administrators and teachers adopt Jensen's easy, direct, and effective ways to help students manage their feelings and focus their attention, the results will be two-fold: schools will foster a cooperative and high-performing learning community, and students will succeed academically whi

Contents:

Pursue continuous conscious mastery - a goal that unifies methods

Sequence learning activities optimally : arrange a reliable learning system

Arrange for good feelings : why bring balance to students' feelings

Practice good feelings : methods for generating good feelings

Practice with the imagination : drawing most benefit from imagination

Practice sustaining attention : hold students' attention steadily

Draw on social roots : students cue each other's learning

Alter thinking to gain order : change behavior by changing thinking

Turn around a dysfunctional class : bring multiple influences to bear

Hone your viewpoint : key zones for teacher intent

Know what you are doing : grasp the difficulties of change

Hold out for the plus element : even good education is not enough.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34914-3

1-283-54888-7

9786613861337

1-61048-805-9