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Author:   John Jensen
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Education
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781610488037

ISBN 10:   1610488032
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   20 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1. Pursue Continuous Conscious Mastery - A goal that unifies methods Chapter 2. Sequence Learning Activities Optimally – Arrange a reliable learning system Chapter 3. Arrange for Good feelings - Why bring balance to students’ feelings Chapter 4. Practice Good Feelings - Methods for generating good feelings Chapter 5. Practice with the Imagination - Drawing most benefit from imagination Chapter 6. Practice Sustaining Attention - Hold students’ attention steadily Chapter 7. Draw on Social Roots - Students cue each other’s learning Chapter 8. Alter Thinking To Gain Order - Change behavior by changing thinking Chapter 9. Turn Around a Dysfunctional Class - Bring multiple influences to bear Chapter 10. Hone Your Viewpoint - Key zones for teacher intent Chapter 11. Know What You Are Doing - Grasp the difficulties of change Chapter 12. Hold Out for the Plus Element - Even good education is not enough References

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In this three-book series, John Jensen provides educators with strategies for helping students to master learning with great pleasure. This goal is a truly worthy one since students, experiencing mastery and pleasure is the exception in America,s schools and school systems. Jensen,s philosophy for transforming children,s educational experiences is powerful and his aim to help teachers help their students to achieve remarkable learning outcomes provides readers with a compelling view of what teaching and learning can be. -- Francis M. Duffy, professor of change leadership in education, Gallaudet University; and codirector, FutureMinds: Transforming American School Sys John Jensen has penned a volume that offers a practical path to serving students better. With an admirable focus on the value of practice and the virtue of disciplined effort, he offers advice that educators and parents would do well to heed. -- Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies, American Enterprise Institute John Jensen has penned a volume that offers a practical path to serving students better. With an admirable focus on the value of practice and the virtue of disciplined effort, he offers advice that educators and parents would do well to heed. -- Trevor R. Waagner, educational consultant for Education, Agriculture and Technology (EAT), a think tank in Chicago, Illinois

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John Jensen is a licensed clinical psychologist and educational consultant. He has worked with classroom methods for forty years.

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