Lolly S. Osguthorpe & Russell T. Osguthorpe 
Choose to Learn [EPUB ebook] 
Teaching for Success Every Day

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‘There is a real power in this book that offers a way of understanding failure and overcoming it. The authors present a message of possibility and hope to learners and teachers alike and foster a resolve to put the strategies for changing behavior and attitudes into practice.’
—Robert S. Patterson, Emeritus Professor of Education
Brigham Young University
Discover powerful principles that help students raise their goals, expect success, and make extraordinary strides in achievement!
Education becomes exciting and successful when both learners and teachers accomplish what they previously thought to be impossible. Written in an inspirational, compelling style, this resource shows educators how to motivate students to be successful learners through the development of key personal attributes that foster success.
This user-friendly book is organized around an easy-to-use, research-based model derived from multiple fields, including education, psychology, and philosophy, and is focused around eight field-tested principles, including the ‘Three D′s of Success’—desire, decision, and determination—that can



  • Increase every learner′s self-confidence

  • Create new expectations and infuse students with new energy and motivation

  • Encourage individuals to go beyond familiar goals, take manageable risks, and achieve desired outcomes


Choose to Learn gives teachers a proven approach for helping students exceed their expectations and experience academic growth by making a conscious decision to learn and to succeed.

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Cuprins

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

1. The Three Ds of Success

Desire

Decision

Determination

Expectations

Applying the Three ′s of Success

Making It Happen

2. Urgency, Not Pressure

Differences Between Pressure and Urgency

Urgency and Learning

Making It Happen

3. Do Something You′ve Never Done Before

Why Avoid the Unfamiliar?

The Zone of Attainable Success

Teacher as Designer

Making It Happen

4. Light the Fire

Linked to the Life of the Learner

Challenging

Inspiring

Making It Happen

5. Help Is on the Way

Help That Invites

Help That Instructs

Help That Confirms

Think It, Choose It, Do It, Succeed

Making It Happen

6. Do the Right Thing for the Right Reason

The Opposite of an Addiction to Failure

Motives and Actions

The Three Ds of Success

Lighting the Fire

Can One Judge Another′s Motives?

Making It Happen

7. Extinguish the Negative

Make No Excuses

An Eye of Faith

Help and Faith

Vision and Faith

Making It Happen

8. Choose to Lead

Who Should Lead?

Leading and Helping

Perception and Leadership

Making It Happen

Epilogue: Expect Success

References

Index

Despre autor

Russell T. Osguthorpe, a professor of instructional psychology and technology, currently serves as director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Brigham Young University. He has also served as chair of his department and associate dean of the David O. Mc Kay School of Education. In 1998, he was awarded the Martha Jane Knowlton Corey University Professorship. Prior to joining Brigham Young University, he served on the faculty of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York. He speaks several languages; has collaborated on educational projects in China, Europe, and Polynesia; and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto and the University of Paris. He has authored five books and more than 50 journal articles on instructional design, teacher education, and special education.
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