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Building classroom success eliminating academic fear and failure /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
c2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Dedication; Part 1: Achievement Evolution in the Classroom; Chapter 1: Achievement in the twenty-first century; Academic fitness and academic survival; The challenges ahead; A closer look at 'achievement evolution'; Today's success is tomorrow's success; Students inherit their own success and failure; In what ways can students succeed?; POSITIVE THOUGHTS
- STUDENTS SUCCEED BY INCREASING ... ; Self-belief; Valuing school; Learning focus; POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS
- STUDENTS SUCCEED BY INCREASING ...
- PersistencePlanning; Task management; NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
- STUDENTS SUCCEED BY REDUCING ... ; Uncertain control; Anxiety; Failure avoidance; NEGATIVE BEHAVIOURS
- STUDENTS SUCCEED BY REDUCING ... ; Self-handicapping; Disengagement; In what ways can students 'fail'?; Conclusion; Part 2: Success in the Classroom; Chapter 2: Success seekers; Forward-looking; Pursuit of challenge; School/life balance; School as a journey, not a race; Quiet confidence and personal excellence; Achieving to please themselves, not others; Stars in their own right; Broader yields of success seeking.
- Long-term yields of success seekingHow do students come to be success seekers?; The barriers to success seeking; Conclusion; Part 3: Fear and Failure in the Classroom; Chapter 3: Fear, failure and self-esteem; Classroom audit; The fear and failure process; Students' responses to their fear of failure; The varieties of failure-oriented behaviours; Summary of failure-oriented strategies; Chapter 4: Self-esteem protection; What is self-esteem and why is it important?; What determines students' self-esteem and why?; A closer look at how academic achievement determines students' worth and value.
- Fear of failure or poor performance and failure avoidanceConclusion; Chapter 5: Self-handicapping; Types of self-handicapping; Procrastination; Choosing to perform under less than ideal conditions; The use of alcohol and other drugs to self-handicap; Letting themselves get rundown; 'Claytons' self-handicapping; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Defensive pessimism and defensive optimism; Defensive pessimism; Defensive optimism; Consequences of defensive optimism; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Disengagement and helplessness; Sliding down the fear and failure slope; Forms of disengagement and helplessness.
- Problem cycles leading to disengagement and helplessnessPoor fit between student and teacher, class, or school; Mental health, bullying and social isolation; Consequences of disengagement; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Overstriving and perfectionism; Ways to recognize an overstriver; Success is possible without overstriving; Causes of oversaving; Consequences of overstriving; Perfectionism; Success seeking; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Fear of success and success avoidance; Standing out from the crowd; Incurring disapproval; Pressure to do well next time; The Impostor Syndrome.