The Pedagogy of Confidence Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools |
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| Author:
| Jackson, Yvette |
| Foreword by:
| Feuerstein, Reuven |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8077-5223-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Teachers College Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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Showing educators how to focus on students' strengths to inspire learning and high intellectual performance, the author asserts that the myth that the route to increasing achievement by focusing on weaknesses (promoted by policies such as NCLB) has blinded us to the strengths and intellectual potential of urban students - devaluing the motivation, initiative, and confidence of dedicated educators to search for and optimise this potential.
Showing educators how to focus on students' strengths to inspire learning and high intellectual performance, the author asserts that the myth that the route to increasing achievement by focusing on weaknesses (promoted by policies such as NCLB) has blinded us to the strengths and intellectual potential of urban students - devaluing the motivation, initiative, and confidence of dedicated educators to search for and optimise this potential.