Optimal learning environments to promote student engagement /
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| Author / Creator: | Shernoff, David J., 1967- |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Springer, c2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Advancing responsible adolescent development, 2195-089X Advancing responsible adolescent development. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9851315 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Towards Optimal Learning Environments in Schools
- Aims of Education Revisited (Einstein's E = MC2 of Education)
- The Nature of Engagement in Schools
- Measuring Student Engagement in High School Classrooms and What We Have Learned
- Engagement as an Individual Trait and Its Relationship to Achievement
- Connecting to "The How" of Classroom Engagement: Instruction and Optimal Learning Environments
- Connecting to "The Who": The Primacy of Supportive Relationships
- Connecting to "The What": Engaging Approaches to Traditional Subject Matter
- Engagement Beyond the Core Academic Subjects
- Models of Engaging Private Schools and the Case of Montessori Schools
- Alternative Public School Models
- Learning from Research on Youth Engagement During Out-of-School Time
- Model After-School Programs
- Technological Innovations on the Horizon
- Re-engineering the Schools of Tomorrow: Towards Community Sponsorship.