Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind by Eric Jenson
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5 years of quality teaching can completely close the achievement gap between poor and more advantaged students. But which research and classroom techniques should we use to do this? Jensen's mighty follow up to his 2009 Teaching with Poverty in Mind clearly shows us how - with evidence to justify his approach.
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Categories: Suggested Books, Teaching & Learning, Children
Tags: Poverty Grit Growth Mindset
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TED Talk: Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit
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Angela Lee Duckworth presents us with 'grit': the characteristics that predict success more accurately than intelligence. With focus, determination and resilience, gritty learners can outperform their smarter, less gritty peers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8
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Fostering Grit: How do I prepare my students for the real world? by Thomas R Hoerr
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Tom Hoerr is principal at New City School, St Louis and is a practical and inspiring international thought leader. In this fantastic pocket book he'll tell you all you need to know about gritty learning and how to make it come alive in your classrooms, staff rooms and playgrounds. (when I say pocket I mean pocket: this is huge quality over quantity!)
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Categories: Suggested Books, Teaching & Learning, Psychology
Tags: Grit Setback Failure Growth Mindset
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