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Choose to Learn
Teaching for Success Every Day



July 2008 | 136 pages | Corwin

"There is a real power in this book that offers a way of understanding failure and overcoming it. The authors present a message of possibility and hope to learners and teachers alike and foster a resolve to put the strategies for changing behavior and attitudes into practice."
—Robert S. Patterson, Emeritus Professor of Education
Brigham Young University

Discover powerful principles that help students raise their goals, expect success, and make extraordinary strides in achievement!

Education becomes exciting and successful when both learners and teachers accomplish what they previously thought to be impossible. Written in an inspirational, compelling style, this resource shows educators how to motivate students to be successful learners through the development of key personal attributes that foster success.

This user-friendly book is organized around an easy-to-use, research-based model derived from multiple fields, including education, psychology, and philosophy, and is focused around eight field-tested principles, including the "Three D's of Success"—desire, decision, and determination—that can

  • Increase every learner's self-confidence
  • Create new expectations and infuse students with new energy and motivation
  • Encourage individuals to go beyond familiar goals, take manageable risks, and achieve desired outcomes

Choose to Learn gives teachers a proven approach for helping students exceed their expectations and experience academic growth by making a conscious decision to learn and to succeed.


 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
Introduction
 
1. The Three Ds of Success
Desire

 
Decision

 
Determination

 
Expectations

 
Applying the Three 's of Success

 
Making It Happen

 
 
2. Urgency, Not Pressure
Differences Between Pressure and Urgency

 
Urgency and Learning

 
Making It Happen

 
 
3. Do Something You've Never Done Before
Why Avoid the Unfamiliar?

 
The Zone of Attainable Success

 
Teacher as Designer

 
Making It Happen

 
 
4. Light the Fire
Linked to the Life of the Learner

 
Challenging

 
Inspiring

 
Making It Happen

 
 
5. Help Is on the Way
Help That Invites

 
Help That Instructs

 
Help That Confirms

 
Think It, Choose It, Do It, Succeed

 
Making It Happen

 
 
6. Do the Right Thing for the Right Reason
The Opposite of an Addiction to Failure

 
Motives and Actions

 
The Three Ds of Success

 
Lighting the Fire

 
Can One Judge Another's Motives?

 
Making It Happen

 
 
7. Extinguish the Negative
Make No Excuses

 
An Eye of Faith

 
Help and Faith

 
Vision and Faith

 
Making It Happen

 
 
8. Choose to Lead
Who Should Lead?

 
Leading and Helping

 
Perception and Leadership

 
Making It Happen

 
 
Epilogue: Expect Success
 
References
 
Index
Key features
  • Offers field-tested, research based principles fundamental to all successful human endeavors--such as making the decision to succeed/learn, having high expectations, understanding the difference between internal and external motivation, etc;
  • Shows how these principles affect teaching and learning and how to put it into practice;
  • Provides examples in every chapter from the lives of teachers, administrators, students, and parents that show how these principles can be lived out;
  • Is written in an inspirational, compelling style that engages and inspires the reader;
  • Includes a section in every chapter, entitled "Helping It Happen," consisting of 2 cases and hints for teaching these principles to young and adult learners.

Sample Materials & Chapters

Preface

Chapter 1. The Three D's of Success


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