Breaking the Learning Barrier for Underachieving Students

Practical Teaching Strategies for Dramatic Results
George D. Nelson - Brigham Young University, Provo, USA
Breaking the Learning Barrier for Underachieving Students
November 2005 | 280 pages | Corwin
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Make a breakthrough with underachieving and at-risk students!

Little compares to the thrill of seeing a young mind come alive with wonder. But despite the best efforts, there are always students who seem unreachable, unteachable. So what can educators do to make learning fun and rewarding for all students?

Breaking the Learning Barrier for Underachieving Students provides a strong theoretical understanding of learning styles, focusing on at-risk, or "dramatic" learners and why traditional teaching methods fail to meet their educational needs. Offering innovative yet practical teaching strategies, disciplinary policies, and lesson plans designed to engage even the most reluctant learners, Nelson demonstrates the importance of the principles that guide his groundbreaking work with at-risk students:

  • Learning requires active involvement, participation, and effort from the learner
  • Learners need dramatic elements to gain meaning and inspiration
  • Teachers must consider the values and preferences of the learner
  • Learning must be fun

Using Nelson's classroom-tested strategies to modify existing lessons and the learning environment so that these conditions are met, you will be amazed by the progress you can make with every student in your classroom!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

1. The System

1. The System

2. Dramatic Elements

2. Dramatic Elements

3. Character and Education

3. Character and Education

4. The Profile of a Dramatic Learner

4. The Profile of a Dramatic Learner

5. The Structure of Dramatic Learning

5. The Structure of Dramatic Learning

6. Curriculum Design

6. Curriculum Design

7. Getting Into it HIPA Deep

7. Getting Into it HIPA Deep

8. Learning and Self Image

8. Learning and Self Image

9. Discipline and the Dramatic Learner

9. Discipline and the Dramatic Learner

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix

Appendix

Index

Index

End Notes

End Notes

Additional materials

Description

 

Make a breakthrough with underachieving and at-risk students!

Little compares to the thrill of seeing a young mind come alive with wonder. But despite the best efforts, there are always students who seem unreachable, unteachable. So what can educators do to make learning fun and rewarding for all students?

Breaking the Learning Barrier for Underachieving Students provides a strong theoretical understanding of learning styles, focusing on at-risk, or "dramatic" learners and why traditional teaching methods fail to meet their educational needs. Offering innovative yet practical teaching strategies, disciplinary policies, and lesson plans designed to engage even the most reluctant learners, Nelson demonstrates the importance of the principles that guide his groundbreaking work with at-risk students:

  • Learning requires active involvement, participation, and effort from the learner
  • Learners need dramatic elements to gain meaning and inspiration
  • Teachers must consider the values and preferences of the learner
  • Learning must be fun

Using Nelson's classroom-tested strategies to modify existing lessons and the learning environment so that these conditions are met, you will be amazed by the progress you can make with every student in your classroom!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

1. The System

1. The System

2. Dramatic Elements

2. Dramatic Elements

3. Character and Education

3. Character and Education

4. The Profile of a Dramatic Learner

4. The Profile of a Dramatic Learner

5. The Structure of Dramatic Learning

5. The Structure of Dramatic Learning

6. Curriculum Design

6. Curriculum Design

7. Getting Into it HIPA Deep

7. Getting Into it HIPA Deep

8. Learning and Self Image

8. Learning and Self Image

9. Discipline and the Dramatic Learner

9. Discipline and the Dramatic Learner

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix

Appendix

Index

Index

End Notes

End Notes

Additional materials

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Breaking the Learning Barrier for Underachieving Students

Practical Teaching Strategies for Dramatic Results


November 2005 | 280 pages | Corwin

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Make a breakthrough with underachieving and at-risk students!

Little compares to the thrill of seeing a young mind come alive with wonder. But despite the best efforts, there are always students who seem unreachable, unteachable. So what can educators do to make learning fun and rewarding for all students?

Breaking the Learning Barrier for Underachieving Students provides a strong theoretical understanding of learning styles, focusing on at-risk, or "dramatic" learners and why traditional teaching methods fail to meet their educational needs. Offering innovative yet practical teaching strategies, disciplinary policies, and lesson plans designed to engage even the most reluctant learners, Nelson demonstrates the importance of the principles that guide his groundbreaking work with at-risk students:

  • Learning requires active involvement, participation, and effort from the learner
  • Learners need dramatic elements to gain meaning and inspiration
  • Teachers must consider the values and preferences of the learner
  • Learning must be fun

Using Nelson's classroom-tested strategies to modify existing lessons and the learning environment so that these conditions are met, you will be amazed by the progress you can make with every student in your classroom!


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. The System
  • 2. Dramatic Elements
  • 3. Character and Education
  • 4. The Profile of a Dramatic Learner
  • 5. The Structure of Dramatic Learning
  • 6. Curriculum Design
  • 7. Getting Into it HIPA Deep
  • 8. Learning and Self Image
  • 9. Discipline and the Dramatic Learner
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Index
  • End Notes

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