Working Hard, Working Happy

Cultivating a Culture of Effort and Joy in the Classroom

Rita Platt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

172 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-25732-3 (ISBN)

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In this new book, author Rita Platt shows how you can create a joyful classroom community in which students are determined to work hard, be resilient, and never give up. Learn how ti build students’ purpose, mastery, and autonomy, so they take ownership over their work and develop a growth mindset for success.

In this new book from Routledge and MiddleWeb, author Rita Platt shows how you can create a joyful classroom community in which students are determined to work hard, be resilient, and never give up. She describes how to help build students’ purpose, mastery, and autonomy, so they take ownership over their work and develop a growth mindset for success.

Topics covered include:

Why joy and effort go hand in hand

How to build a classroom climate of caring and achievement

Why mastery and goal setting are important

How to work with differentiated instruction

How to work with cooperative and collaborative learning

Why parent-teacher connection is vital

How to take your practice of joy and effort beyond the classroom

And much more!

Each chapter includes practical tools, tips, and ideas that you can use immediately to develop these skills in students, so they find more joy and success in the learning process.

Rita Platt (@ritaplatt) is a National Board Certified, award-winning teacher. She is a self-proclaimed #edudork with master’s degrees in reading, library, and leadership. Her experience includes teaching learners from preschool through adult in remote Alaskan villages, inner cities, and rural communities. She is currently a school principal, teaches graduate courses for the Professional Development Institute and writes for MiddleWeb.

1. Working Hard, Working Happy 2. Joy and Effort, Best Friends Forever 3. Where Everybody Knows Your Name 4. Mastery Matters! 5. Have it Your Way! Differentiated Instruction 6. Social Animals 7. Busting Down the Walls, Building Community Connections 8. Effort and Joy, They’re Not Just for Students! 9. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	02.07.2019
Zusatzinfo	14 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	494 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	0-367-25732-7 / 0367257327
ISBN-13	978-0-367-25732-3 / 9780367257323
Zustand	Neuware