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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782495103321

Autore

Cefai Carmel

Titolo

Promoting resilience in the classroom [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to developing pupils' emotional and cognitive skills / / Carmel Cefai ; foreword by Paul Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

ISBN

1-281-78200-9

9786611782009

1-84642-773-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Innovative learning for all

Disciplina

370.153

Soggetti

Classroom management

Resilience (Personality trait) in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; Promoting Resilience in the Classroom;  A Guide to Developing Pupils' Emotional and Cognitive Skills; Contents; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; Chapter 1 Educational Resilience for All; Part 1: A Model for Classroom Practitioners; Chapter 2 Introducing Risk and Resilience in Education; Chapter 3 A Model of Resilience-enhancing Classrooms; Part 2: Classroom Practice; Chapter 4 Caring Classrooms: Building Connections with Pupils; Chapter 5 Prosocial Classrooms: Caring and Supportive Peer Relationships; Chapter 6 Engaging Classrooms: Authentic, Inclusive Engagement

Chapter 7 Collaborative Classrooms: Learning and Working TogetherChapter 8 Empowering Classrooms: Choice, Voice and Belief; Part 3: A Plan of Action for the Classroom Practitioners; Chapter 9 A Plan of Action for Educational Resilience in the Classroom; APPENDIX A NATURALISTIC STUDY OF CLASSROOMS; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; BACK COVER;

Sommario/riassunto

'This is a very important book, and in many ways a very unusual book. It addresses dimensions of the classroom which many others leave untouched. The social and relational aspects which are addressed here are crucial, not only for the healthy development of every individual,



but also for the climate which will affect their school achievements. This book combines a serious and well-researched model with many creative and practical possibilities for the everyday classroom. Fortunately, the gre