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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820482103321

Autore

Bentham Susan <1958->

Titolo

Improving pupil motivation together : teachers and teaching assistants working collaboratively / / Susan Bentham and Roger Hutchins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-280-77691-9

9786613687302

1-136-30395-2

0-203-11750-6

1-136-30396-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HutchinsRoger <1953->

Disciplina

370.15/4

Soggetti

Motivation in education

Teaching teams

Teachers - In-service training

Teachers' assistants - In-service training

Effective teaching

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 What is education for?; An overview; What is education for?; What does motivation have to do with education?; Differing purposes of education; What does it mean to learn?; Learning equates with thinking; Theories of learning as happening within a social context; Theories of childhood; Summary; 2 Motivation - the theories; An overview; Definitions; The theories of motivation; Summary; 3 Managing to collaborate; An overview; Relationship to motivation; What is collaboration?; A model of collaboration

Ways of moving forwardCritical incident theory; Summary; 4 Motivation issues for students - what pupils say; An overview; What pupils say: the role of the teacher; What have these pupils told us?; Motivation and giftedness; Making sense of what pupils say by looking at what some motivation theorists say; Summary; 5 Motivating students through



assessment; An overview; Types of assessment; Principles relating to assessment; What is Assessment for Learning?; Learning goals/learning objectives; Success criteria; Feedback; Summary; 6 Moving forward together; An overview

Common pupil responses: 'I won't, but I could'Common pupil responses: 'I can't' - the pupil who could, but thinks she would just die if she failed; Common pupil responses: 'I don't need to' - the pupil who is not ready to change; Common pupil responses: 'I can't, I really can't' - the pupil who does not have the underlying skills; Research in action: working with children who are anxious and angry, in order to remove barriers to learning and develop emotional resilience; Summary; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Susan Bentham is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Chichester, UK.Roger Hutchins is an Inclusion Manager at a junior school in Portsmouth.