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Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us About Motivation and Mastery by Kathlee

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ISBN-13
9781118160213
Book Title
Fires in the Mind
ISBN
9781118160213
Subject Area
Education
Publication Name
Fires in the Mind : What Kids Can Tell Us about Motivation and Mastery
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Length
8.2 in
Subject
Secondary, Educational Psychology, Student Life & Student Affairs, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
The Students of What Kids Can Do, Kathleen Cushman
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1118160215
ISBN-13
9781118160213
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110899644

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Number of Pages
208 Pages
Publication Name
Fires in the Mind : What Kids Can Tell Us about Motivation and Mastery
Language
English
Subject
Secondary, Educational Psychology, Student Life & Student Affairs, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Author
The Students of What Kids Can Do, Kathleen Cushman
Subject Area
Education
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
370.15/4
Table Of Content
Foreword by Dennis White ix 1. What Does It Take to Get Good? 1 Young people are developing mastery in ways we easily overlook 2. Catching the Spark 11 Kids tell what draws them in and gives them confidence in learning 3. Keeping at It 31 When do young people stick with something and make it their own? 4. Asking the Experts 55 Looking at how experts work, students make sense of their own process 5. Exploring Deliberate Practice 71 Young people look closer at what makes practice effective 6. Practice and Performance 87 Demonstrating mastery also helps students improve 7. Bringing Practice into the Classroom 97 Students imagine the classroom as a community of practice 8. Is Homework Deliberate Practice? 117 Whether, when, and how to give kids practice after class 9. School Projects That Build Expert Habits 135 Students talk about their most compelling curricula 10. Making School a Community of Practice 153 Kids suggest ways that schools can foster expert habits Appendix A: The Practice Project: A Five-Day Curriculum Outline for Secondary Teachers or Advisers 159 How to help students investigate the expert process Appendix B: Resources That Help Light Fires in the Mind 165 Inspiration, tools, organizations, and other resources The Student Contributors 173 Acknowledgments 177 About the Author 181 About What Kids Can Do 182 Index 183
Synopsis
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 acclaimed 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., Praise for Fires in the Mind "What a refreshing book! Rather than asking the timeworn question 'How can we motivate these kids?' Kathleen Cushman performs a lovely act of conceptual jujutsu and instead asks 'What can the kids tell us about motivation?' The answers are smart and thoughtful and brimming with good advice." Mike Rose, author, Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us "The best school reform creates schools that kids want to go to, where learning is meaningful and engaging. This wonderful book builds on the concept that education should be 'asset based,' not based on telling kids what they don't know and can't do. Read Fires in the Mind and connect to the voices of students about how they learn most eagerly." Paul Houston, executive director emeritus, American Association of School Administrators "'Become passionate' is easy to say, hard to do, impossible to compel. Drawing on the insights of young persons, parents, teachers, and experts, Kathleen Cushman reveals the paths to passionate pursuit of something worthwhile." Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education; author, Five Minds for the Future, Multiple Intelligences, and The Unschooled Mind "An immensely useful, insightful, and indispensable guide to tapping the immense potential in every child. Essential reading for teachers, coaches, and parents alike." Daniel Coyle, author, The Talent Code "Every educator would like for students to develop a passion, but many are unsure of how to light that fire. Kathleen Cushman had the wisdom to ask students, and they tell us with clarity what motivates them and how school might be made more inspiring. Anyone who cares about schooling or children should read this book." Daniel T. Willingham, author, Why Don't Students Like School?

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