Preface
1. An Introduction to Creating Passionate Learners
The Educational Anachronism
Beyond the Next Mandate
The Intent of Policies and the Ensuing Debates
Assumptions Driving the Current Context
An Alternate Premise: A Humanist Approach to Education and Cognitivist Approaches to Learning
From Past Practice to Next Practice: New Assumptions for Schools in the 21st Century
2. Committing to Engagement Literacy
Test Scores Only Tell Part of the Story
In Search of Something More
Defining Student Engagement
Why is Engagement Important?
Mistaking Compliance for Engagement
A More Nuanced Viewed: Types of Student Engagement
Engagement as Malleable: Classrooms and Schools Matter
3. The Power of Mindset
Mindset
Power of Effort
Leveraging Mindset
Changing our mental models about mindset to effect student engagement
Efficiency for adults and effectiveness for students
Making learner psychology relevant
Migrating from a Fixed to a Growth Mindset
What are the implications of growth mindset for emotional, behavioral, and cognitive engagement?
The Importance of Dispositions
Dispositions: Now and in the Future
Dispositions nested in the Framework for Creating Compassionate Learners
Growth Mindset Dispositions
Classroom Strategies for Strengthening Student Dispositions
How Growth Mindset Supports Passionate Learners
4. Internal Dialogue: Re-engage Learners Using Teacher Feedback
Internal Dialogue
Use positive suppositions to influence students’ views of themselves and translate to confidence in the classroom
Develop students’ internal dialogue by using language intentionally
Efficacy Through Deliberate Language
Use careful feedback to aid in students’ reflection
Valuing Student Voice in Feedback
Formative Assessment and Formative Feedback Strategies
When Students Self-Correct
What are the implications of internal dialogue for emotional, behavioral, and cognitive engagement?
Internal Dialogue Dispositions
How Internal Dialogue Supports Passionate Learners
5. Self-Determination
Self Determination Theory
Differences between Autonomy Supportive and Controlling Teachers
What are the implications of self-determination for emotional, behavioral, and cognitive engagement?
Self-Determination Dispositions
Self Determination Through the Teacher’s Eyes
How Self-Determination Support Passionate Learners
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Creating passionate learners : engaging today's students for tomorrow's world by Kim Brown. ISBN 9781483344492. Published by Corwin in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
