Breaking the mold of education : innovative and successful practices for student engagement, empowerment, and motivation /
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| Imprint: | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2013] |
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| Description: | xix, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9119890 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface
- I. Making Personal Connections and Engaging Students in Reflection
- 1. Using Urban Youth Culture to Activate the Racial Literacy of Black and Latino Male High School Students
- 2. Embracing Project-Based Learning with Emerging Technologies in the Multiage Classroom
- 3. Nurturing Curiosity by Teachers' Purposeful Self-Evaluation and Reflective Practice
- 4. Partnerships for the Common Good: Democratic Citizenship Through Writing, New Media, and the Arts
- II. Engagement with Literacy and Language
- 5. Empowering English Language Learners: Reluctant Readers Learn to Believe in Themselves
- 6. Teacherless Discussion: Engaging Middle School Students Through Peer-to-Peer Talk
- 7. Staying Afloat in Ninth-Grade English: Letting Students Trim the Sails
- 8. The Power of Technology to Advance Literacy, Learning, and Agency
- 9. It's All About Me; I Mean You; I Mean Me: Strategies for Engaging Students in the Language Arts Classroom
- 10. Everything Old Is New Again: 21st Century College Students as Engaged Readers
- III. Music, Movement, Arts, Drama, and Other Creative Engagements
- 11. Increasing Student Engagement Through the Implementation of Interactive Teaching Strategies
- 12. Competition and Considerations: The Use of Active Gaming in Physical Education Class
- 13. Low SES Primary School Students Engaging in School Robotics Program
- 14. Stepping into Pictures and Music Scores: Imaginative Dramatic Play
- 15. Classrooms or Rock Stages? Learning Music Through Collaboration
- IV. Connecting School Culture, Community, and Student Success
- 16. Growing Up Chinese American
- 17. Raising Engagement and Enhancing Learning: School Community Partnerships that Work for Students "At-Promise"
- 18. Montessori High Schools: Where Long-Standing Tradition Meets the Cutting Edge
- 19. Ma te Mahi e Ako Ai (Learning by Doing in New Zealand Higher Education): The Influence of Service-Learning on Student Engagement
- 20. "I teach like you are all gifted": Leading Lowest Track Students to Become Confident Mathematics Learners
- Afterword: Fostering Engagement, Motivation, and Empowerment: Why?
- Contributors
