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EMPOWER Your Students: Tools to Inspire a Meaningful School Experience, Grades 6-12 (Increase Motivation and Engagement in the Classroom)

Discover how to motivate students in the classroom, using the elements of EMPOWER exploration, motivation, participation, openness, willingness, empathy, and resilience. Make school a positive, meaningful experience in your students lives and cultivate intrinsic motivation. This highly practical resource offers enjoyable, engaging classroom activities, as well as strategies for refining teaching practices, incorporating student values into course content, fostering the development of soft skills, and deeply connecting with learners.

How this book will EMPOWER you:

Understand what values are and how they are different from preferences and goals. Discover how to help students determine which values they want to enact at school and in life. Examine how to incorporate values work into the classroom curriculum in all disciplines. Explore examples of classroom experiences that highlight the importance of student empowerment. Learn how to bring your own values to the classroom to become a better teacher and colleague.

Contents:
Introduction: Empowering Students to Transform What School Means

Part I: Activities That Empower Students
Chapter 1: Exploration
Chapter 2: Motivation
Chapter 3: Participation
Chapter 4: Openness
Chapter 5: Willingness
Chapter 6: Empathy
Chapter 7: Resilience

Part II: Strategies That Empower Students
Chapter 8: Empowering Dialogue
Chapter 9: Empowering Partnerships
Chapter 10: Empowering Collaborations
Chapter 11: Empowering Curriculum
Chapter 12: Empowering Inquiry
Chapter 13: Empowering Yourself

Conclusion: Paths to Empowerment
Appendix: Examples of Values References and Resources Index

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Life beyond Grades: Designing College Courses to Promote Intrinsic Motivation

This book raises the question of whether or not educators can promote intrinsic motivation among college students when they seem overwhelmingly focused on grades. Indeed, can there be life beyond grades? The answer is ‘Yes’. A love of learning can coexist, even thrive, in the face of competing pressures from grades. Drawing on recent, ground-breaking classroom research, the authors articulate a new understanding of the causes of the stalemate between intrinsic and external motivation, so that a reconciliation between them can be achieved. Then the authors apply a powerful set of motivational and pedagogical principles to lay out a step-by-step blueprint for designing and teaching college courses that promote intrinsic motivation as a primary educational goal in its own right, above and beyond knowledge and skill acquisition. This practical blueprint draws on authentic case study examples from a variety of subject-matter disciplines.

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Girls in Real Life Situations, Grades 6-12: Group Counseling Activities for Enhancing Social and Emotional Development (Book and CD)

Grades 6-12. This unique group counseling curriculum provides over 90 activities divided into twelve session themes: Who Am I? Body Image, Choices, Communication, Emotions, Friendships, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Stress, Reaching Out, Tough Times, and Who I Am! During group lessons, girls are encouraged to share feelings and struggles as they openly discuss important issues in a safe and supportive environment. They are given the opportunity to feel empowered, gain self-awareness, develop coping strategies, improve problem-solving skills, understand that they are not alone, and learn to make healthy decisions. Girls in Real Life Situations is designed for use by educators and mental health professionals in schools and other settings.