Reaching higher : the power of expectations in schooling / / Rhona S. Weinstein

• Autore: Weinstein Rhona S
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.154
• Soggetto topico: Academic achievement; Expectation (Psychology); Motivation in education
• Note generali: Originally published: 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-329) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction I. Reframing the Debate: What Children Can Become 1. Colliding Expectations of Family and School 2. Turning Points in Research on Expectations: Toward an Ecological Paradigm 3. Revisiting Educational Self-Ful lling Prophecies II. Expectations in Classrooms: Through the Eyes of Students 4. Children Talk about Expectations for Achievement 5. Differences among Classroom Achievement Cultures 6. Children's Lives in Contrasting Classrooms 7. Achievement Histories of Vulnerability and Resilience III. Expectations in Systems: Through the Eyes of Educators 8. Changing a Strati ed School Culture 9. A School Culture for the Fullest Development 10. Achievement Cultures for University Faculty Conclusion References Acknowledgments Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Even young children know what adults think of them. All too often, they live down to expectations, as well as up to them. This volume is about the context in which expectations play themselves out.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reaching higher
• ISBN: 0-674-04504-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819522803321
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