A Love for Learning: Motivation and the Gifted ChildGreat Potential Press, Inc., 2007 - 242 páginas Gifted children are susceptible to many de-motivating factors, which can lead to depression and academic underachievement. The authors present concepts and techniques to counteract those factors, allowing a child's motivation to skyrocket. Features the Four C's of Motivation: (1) Creating Challenge; (2) Creating Control; (3) Creating Commitment; and (4) Creating Compassion. This new book includes additional resources, books and websites for parents and teachers, and a foreword by Dr. Joanne Rand Whitmore Schwartz, former dean of the College of Education, Kent State University, and author of the classic book, "Giftedness, Conflict and Underachievement." Following a foreword and a preface, this book contains the following chapters: (1) The Turn-Off Effect; (2) a 360 Motivation; (3) Physical Reasons for Loss of Motivation; (4) Emotional Reasons for Loss of Motivation; (5) Social Reasons for Loss of Motivation; (6) School Reasons for Loss of Motivation; (7) The Four C's in Action; (8) Creating Challenge; (9) Creating Control; (10) Creating Commitment; (11) Creating Compassion; (12) The Classroom that Works; (13) Motivating Every Student--Who's in the Classroom?; (14) Questions and Answers; and (15) Parent to Parent: a Story of Hope. Endnotes, Additional Resources for Parents and Teachers, References, Index, and About the Authors are also included. |
Conteúdo
The TurnOff Effect | 3 |
The issues facing schools and teachers | 9 |
Intelligences and giftedness | 15 |
What motivates a gifted student? | 24 |
What works? | 30 |
What lack of motivation looks like | 37 |
The gifted students optimal classroom | 43 |
Emotional Reasons for Loss of Motivation | 71 |
Creating Control | 133 |
Creating Commitment | 146 |
Endnotes | 221 |
Additional Resources for Parents and Teachers | 227 |
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