Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309084350
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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When it comes to motivating people to learn, disadvantaged urban adolescents are usually perceived as a hard sell. Yet, in a recent MetLife survey, 89 percent of the low-income students claimed "I really want to learn" applied to them. What is it about the school environmentâ€"pedagogy, curriculum, climate, organizationâ€"that encourages or discourages engagement in school activities? How do peers, family, and community affect adolescents' attitudes towards learning? Engaging Schools reviews current research on what shapes adolescents' school engagement and motivation to learnâ€"including new findings on students' sense of belongingâ€"and looks at ways these can be used to reform urban high schools. This book discusses what changes hold the greatest promise for increasing students' motivation to learn in these schools. It looks at various approaches to reform through different methods of instruction and assessment, adjustments in school size, vocational teaching, and other key areas. Examples of innovative schools, classrooms, and out-of-school programs that have proved successful in getting high school kids excited about learning are also included.
Author: Carol Carter
Publisher: Lifebound
ISBN: 9780974204437
Category : Education, Secondary
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Study Skills for High School Students equips students with the keys for academic success: goal setting, learning styles, active note taking, preparing for tests, and critical thinking skills.
Author: Missouri. Department of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Author: Edith Christine Simanek Greer
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Category : Ability
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Author: William J. Reese
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300079432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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An analysis of the social changes and political debates that shaped 19th-century American high schools. It reveals what students studied and how they behaved, what teachers expected of them and how they taught, and how boys and girls, whites and blacks, experienced high school.
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Author: California High School Teachers' Association. Committee of Fifteen
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Author: David L. Angus
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 9780807738429
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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This provocative new study of the American high school examines the historical debates about curriculum policy and also traces changes in the institution itself, as evidenced by what students actually studied. Contrary to conventional accounts, the authors argue that beginning in the 1930s, American high schools shifted from institutions primarily concerned with academic and vocational education to institutions mainly focused on custodial care of adolescents. Claiming that these changes reflected educators' racial, class, and gender biases, the authors offer original suggestions for policy adjustments that may lead to greater educational equality for our ever-growing and ever more diverse population of students.
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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