Fires in the mind
what kids can tell us about motivation and mastery
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- What Kids Can Do (Organization) - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, California
Language
English
Word Count
46,750 words, Guess
Page Count
187 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefiresmindwhatkid00cush
- Internet Archivefiresinmindwhatk0000cush
- ISBN-100470646039
- ISBN-139780470646038
- Library of Congress Control Number2015299088
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number505422854
- Better World Books9780470646038
- Open LibraryOL24523843M
Classifications
- DDC370.15/4
- LCCLB1031.4 .C87 2010
- LCCLB1031.4
and 1 more
- LCCLB1775
Description
The full text is available for free download at the Library Genesis website. Teens talk to adults about how they develop motivation and mastery. Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? Starting with what they already know and do well, teenagers from widely diverse backgrounds join a cutting-edge dialogue with adults about the development of mastery in and out of school. Their insights frame motivation, practice, and academic challenge in a new light that galvanizes more powerful learning for all. To put these students' ideas into practice, the book also includes practical tips for educators. Breaks new ground by bringing youth voices to a timely topic -- motivation and mastery. Includes worksheets, tips, and discussion guides that help put the book's ideas into practice. Author has 18 previous books on adolescent learning and has written for the New York Times Magazine, Educational Leadership, and American Educator. From the author of Fires in the Bathroom, this is the next-step book that pushes the conversation to next level, as teenagers tackle the pressing challenges of motivation and mastery.
Description
"Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? Starting with what they already know and do well, teenagers from widely diverse backgrounds join a cutting-edge dialogue with adults about the development of mastery in and out of school. Their insights frame motivation, practice, and academic challenge in a new light that galvanizes more powerful learning for all. To put these students' ideas into practice, the book also includes practical tips for educators, exercises, questionnaires, "do" and "don't" lists, and other helpful tools"--
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