Middle school students are at an age when it's natural to test limits and try out aspects of adulthood. However, they still need (and crave!) the presence of caring adults who can help them develop healthy identities, relationships, and behaviors. This book shows educators how to tap into young adolescents' desire for autonomy in order to help them become self-motivated to behave in productive and positive ways to benefit themselves, their peers, and the greater school community. Filled with practical advice and real-life insights from middle school teachers, this book includes information on how to help students set meaningful personal goals and discover how school rules can help them meet those goals, build a strong and supportive learning community, respond to common misbehaviors and ongoing pr
The P.O.P.S. program asserts that a child's self-worth is highly related to his achievement at school and elsewhere, and that positive self-esteem can be taught
Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. ... From stories of staying to stories of leaving: A US beginning teacher's experience. ... Curriculum making, reciprocal learning and the best-loved self. New York ...
One of the best ways to improve your writing and marks for assignments is to learn from feedback. ... She suggests that in a “fixed mindset” students see abilities and intelligence as fixed traits which they can do little about.
Students learn more—and with more joy—when lessons connect with their lives and interests while challenging them to stretch and grow. In this book, you'll find practical, ready-to-use strategies for creating active and exciting lessons.
Based on their study of 16,000 sixth through ninth grade classrooms, Ferguson et al. (2015) noted that there were significant differences between students with and without agency. See Figure 3.1 for a visual representation of the ...
This book is a reminder of the incredible power every teacher has to help young people rewrite their destinies—and it’s a call to action for all who read it.
Everyday Strategies for Teaching with Impact Todd Whitaker, Annette Breaux. Also. Available. from. EYEON. EDUCATION. 50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior: Simple Solutions to Complex Challenges Annette Breaux &Todd Whitaker StudyGuide: ...
SPINDLER, G.B. (1982) General introduction in Spindler, G.D. (Ed.) Doing the Ethnography of Schooling: Educational Anthropology in Action, New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, pp. 1–13. SPRADLEY, J.P. and McCURDY, ...
This edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning.
This practical book focuses on five types of positive teacher language: Envisioning languageReinforcing languageReminding languageRedirecting languageOpen-ended questions Book features: Guidelines for using each type of languagePractical ...