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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810853303321

Autore

Miller Jeffrey <1966->

Titolo

Understanding and engaging adolescents / / Jeffrey Miller, Peter Desberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4522-7338-3

1-4522-1416-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

373.1102

Soggetti

Middle school teaching

High school teaching

Teacher-student relationships

Motivation in education

Classroom management

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Part 1 - The Theory; Chapter 1 - In the Beginning; Chapter 2 - "This is Stupid," or Why Adolescents Quit Trying; Chapter 3 - The Classroom Management Toolkit; Chapter 4 - What We Know About Learning; Chapter 5 - What We Know About Motivation; Part 2 - The Activities; Chapter 6 - Maintaining Your Activity Level; Chapter 7 - Teaching Them to Study; Chapter 8 - Understanding Themselves Better; Chapter 9 - Culture-Based Activities; Chapter 10 - The Technology Mismatch; References