"""A captivating topic for teachers, as we all have students who are capable and yet choose not to learn."" -Melissa Miller, Sixth-Grade Teacher Lynch Middle School, Farmington, AR
""The authors are clearly passionate about the need to uncover and build upon students' desire and motivation to learn."" -Paul Parkison, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education University of Southern Indiana
Discover how to release the will to learn in all students!
Students who have a strong sense of self-worth and know what they can achieve are more likely to be fully engaged in the learning process and capable of significant academic achievements. This updated edition of Connecting With Students' Will to Succeed offers practical lessons to help all students channel their emotions and energy into becoming positive, self-motivated, and self-directed learners.
Focusing on the concept of conation-""the internal drive that pushes one beyond ordinary expectations and accomplishments""-the authors offer research-based strategies that enable teachers to nurture self-esteem in students and inspire learners with low expectations to strive for excellence. This revised resource offers:
Updated research that informs teaching methods Chapter-opening quotes from teachers and students Additional grade-specific individual and group activities that include instructional objectives for specific content areas Suggestions for both formal and informal assessments in each chapter
Strategies That Promote Student Engagement is a road map for connecting the heart, mind, and will of teachers and students to the lifelong pursuit of learning."
By:
Ernestine G. Riggs,
Cheryl R. Gholar
Imprint: Sage Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 177mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781412963190
ISBN 10: 1412963192
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 August 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Undergraduate
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Children's (6-12)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
Foreword by Raymond F. Morgan Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction 1. Understanding Conation Where Does the Will to Live, Learn, and Succeed Reside? What Is Conation? How Is Conation Different From Extrinsic Motivation? What Is Conative Intelligence (CI)? 2. Captivate, Connect, and Cultivate: Creating Lessons That Promote Learning Conative Strategies for Engaging Learners Designing Lessons That Reach the Heart of Learning Using Teaching Strategies Effectively in the Conative Domain Increasing Student Self-Efficacy With Choice Achieving High Performance in Spite of the Odds Lessons From the Heart of Learning: Instructional Strategies 3. Where Learning Lives: Instructional Activities That Engage Students What Is Learning? What Is Courage? Gholar and Riggs? Conative Taxonomy Conation and Character Building: The Strength and Spirit of Learning What Is Character? Character Development When Conation, Courage, and Character Become One Lessons From the Heart of Learning: Instructional Strategies 4. An Invitation to Learn: Awakening and Motivating Your Classroom Inviting Success Connecting to Students? Lives Outside of School Ensuring the Academic Success of Adolescents Conation Moves the Heart of a Teacher The Origins of Success and Failure Lessons From the Heart of Learning: Instructional Strategies 5. For All of Them, I Teach: Reflecting on Your Teaching Philosophy Authentic Teaching in the Conative Domain Using Diverse Teaching Styles Using STARS to Support the Will to Learn Implementing the Four I?s of Teacher Leadership Promoting Conation Schoolwide Lessons From the Heart of Learning: Instructional Strategies 6. The Bridge Between the Desire to Achieve and Reality: Putting It All Together The Will The Bridge Metaphor Insights Regarding Conation: Next Steps Resources Lexicon of Two Hundred Words, Thoughts, Phrases, Attitudes, and Expectations That Build Conative Connections Teaching to the Test: A Reflection References Index
Ernestine G. Riggs is an associate professor at Loyola University Chicago. She has been involved in the field of education for more than 40 years and has a diverse background in teaching and administration. Riggs was selected as one of the Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America by the United States Department of Defense Overseas Schools in 1974. She is the coauthor of Beyond Rhetoric and Rainbows: A Journey to the Place Where Learning Lives, Helping Middle and High School Readers: Teaching and Learning Strategies Across the Curriculum, and several journal articles. She is also co-featured in the video Ensuring Success for Low Yield Students: Building Lives and Molding Futures. In the summer of 2007, Riggs was invited to present a precis of the research on conation at the prestigious Oxford Round Table in Oxford, England. Riggs is a frequent presenter at local, district, national, and international conferences. Cheryl R. Gholar has been a teacher, counselor, and administrator in public schools and worked in postsecondary education for more than thirty years. She is associate director of the Professional Development Consortium. Gholar is coauthor of Beyond Rhetoric and Rainbows: A Journey to the Place Where Learning Lives. She is also co-featured in the video Ensuring Success for Low Yield Students: Building Lives and Molding Futures. She is published in Vitae Scholasticae, Black Issues in Higher Education, The Journal of Staff Development, Careers With Character, and more. Gholar's awards include Educator of the Year, Phi Delta Kappa, Those Who Excel, Oppenheimer Family Foundation, Outstanding Teacher, Chicago Region PTA, and Outstanding Contributions to The Department of Character Education, Chicago Public Schools. She is listed in Who's Who Among Women, Who's Who in The Midwest, and International Who's Who of Professionals.
Reviews for Strategies that Promote Student Engagement
This book is truly relevant to any educator genuinely interested in maximizing a student's potential. The authors provide lessons at the end of each chapter that cross many segments of the curriculum. -- Todd Boucher, Social Studies Teacher The authors are clearly passionate about the need to uncover and build upon the students' desire and motivation to learn. -- Paul Parkison, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education A captivating topic for teachers, as we all have students who are capable and yet choose not to learn. -- Melissa Miller, Sixth-Grade Teacher
