The Pedagogy of Confidence: Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools

The Pedagogy of Confidence: Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools
ISBN-10
0807771376
ISBN-13
9780807771372
Category
Education
Pages
209
Language
English
Published
2015-04-24
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Author
Yvette Jackson

Description

In her new book, prominent professional developer Yvette Jackson focuses on students' strengths, rather than their weaknesses, to reinvigorate educators to inspire learning and high intellectual performance. Through the lens of educational psychology and historical reforms, Jackson responds to the faltering motivation and confidence of educators in terms of its effects on closing the achievement gap. The author seeks to rekindle the belief in the vast capacity of underachieving urban students, and offers strategies to help educators inspire intellectual performance. Jackson proposes that a paradigm shift towards a focus on strengths will reinvigorate educators passion for teaching and belief in their ability to raise the intellectual achievement of their students. Jackson addresses how educators can systematically support the development of motivation, reflective and cognitive skills, and high performance when standards and assessments are predisposed to non-conceptual methods. Furthermore, she examines challenges and offers strategies for dealing with cultural disconnects, the influence of new technologies, and language preferences of students.

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