Full Description
"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.
Contents
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
