Full Description
Grit, Resilience, and Motivation in Early Childhood moves past current media buzz about grit, resilience, and motivation as proverbial silver bullets and provides early childhood educators with a much-needed focus on developmentally appropriate activities and expectations related to those terms. Illustrated with classroom case studies, caregiver and community resources, and teacher behaviors, this powerful guide presents practical applications for educators to more deeply understand the research that will strengthen and support young children.
Contents
1. What's Going On Here? 2. Constructing an Understanding of Grit 3. Constructing an Understanding of Resilience 4. Constructing an Understanding of Motivation 5. Risk Factors: Poverty and the Environment 6. Risk Factors: Race, Gender, and Disability 7. Awareness of Self 8. Responsibility for Others 9.Advocacy and Action
