Eight Myths of Student Disengagement

Creating Classrooms of Deep Learning
Jennifer Ann Fredricks - Connecticut College, USA
Classroom Insights From Educational Psychology
Eight Myths of Student Disengagement
February 2014 | 272 pages | Corwin
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Your expert resource to activate, manage, and maintain lasting student success!

Student disengagement is a huge challenge for teachers everywhere. Leading education expert Jennifer Fredricks empowers teachers to reengage students at all levels with powerful examples and clear-eyed implementation strategies that build essential 21st century learning skills. Teachers get the core facts about the causes, consequences, and solutions to disengagement and learn to confidently:

  • Identify students most at risk for disengagement
  • Implement student-centered, project-based learning practices for maximum educational outcomes
  • Work effectively with diverse groups of disengaged youth
  • Build positive peer cultures and high-quality student-teacher relationships

Straightforward how-to’s from practicing classroom teachers, extensively researched online and print resources, and assessment and observation tips help educators make real-world applications. Cultivate lasting student engagement and transform educational outcomes with this must-have resource!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

Introduction

  • Myth 1. It's Easy to Tell Who Who Is Engaged: What Is Engagement and How Can I Assess It in My Classroom?
  • Portraits of Engagement
  • What Is Engagement?
  • Why Assess Engagement?
  • Consistency, Duration, and Variation in Engagement
  • Methods for Assessing Engagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 2. Some Students Just Don't Care: How Disengagement Is More Than Just a Lack of Student Motivation
  • School Versus Out-of-School Tasks
  • Teacher-Student Relations and Disengagement
  • Peer Relations and Disengagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 3. What Happens Outside of School Competes With Academics: How Out-of-School Time and Families Affect Engagement in School
  • Extracurricular Activity Participation and Academic Outcomes
  • Variation in Engagement Across Contexts
  • Self-Determination Theory and Engagement
  • Families and Engagement
  • Barriers to Parent Involvement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 4. Hands-On Is Minds-On: How to Create More Engaging Classroom Tasks That Result in Deep Learning
  • Designing Classroom Tasks for Engagement
  • Cognitive Components of the Task
  • Authentic Tasks
  • Authentic Instructional Models
  • Motivational and Cognitive Challenges With Authentic Instruction
  • Strategies for Implementing Cognitively Complex Tasks
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Examples
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 5. Focus on Content: Don’t Make It Personal: How Relationships Matter for Student Engagement
  • Teacher Support and Student Engagement and Achievement
  • Essential Characteristics of Meaningful Teacher-Student Relations
  • Building Relatedness in the Classroom
  • Being an Autonomy-Supportive Teacher
  • Supporting Students' Need for Competence
  • How Teachers Support Cognitive Engagement
  • Barriers to Developing High-Quality Relationships
  • Building Relationships With Difficult Students
  • Connecting With Diverse Students
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 6. Socializing With Peers Detracts From Student Engagement: How to Create a Peer Context That Supports Engagement
  • Why Are Peer Relationships Important?
  • Friendships
  • Teachers' Beliefs and Instructional Practices
  • How Do Peers Socialize Engagement?
  • Cooperative Learning and Collaborative Instruction
  • Key Strategies for Supporting Cooperation and Collaboration
  • Creating Classroom Communities
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 7. There’s Only So Much a Teacher Can Do: How to Help Those Students Still Struggling to Succeed
  • Why Is It Important to Resist Disengagement?
  • Risk Factors for Disengagement
  • Why Is a Student Disengaged?
  • Boys and Disengagement
  • Academic Problems and Disengagement
  • Students With a History of Behavioral Problems
  • African American, Hispanic, and Low-Income Students and Disengagement
  • Interventions to Increase Engagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 8. Student Engagement Is a Student Choice: Choosing to Make the Effort and Not Waiting for Engagement to Happen

References

References

Index

Index

Description

Your expert resource to activate, manage, and maintain lasting student success!

Student disengagement is a huge challenge for teachers everywhere. Leading education expert Jennifer Fredricks empowers teachers to reengage students at all levels with powerful examples and clear-eyed implementation strategies that build essential 21st century learning skills. Teachers get the core facts about the causes, consequences, and solutions to disengagement and learn to confidently:

  • Identify students most at risk for disengagement
  • Implement student-centered, project-based learning practices for maximum educational outcomes
  • Work effectively with diverse groups of disengaged youth
  • Build positive peer cultures and high-quality student-teacher relationships

Straightforward how-to’s from practicing classroom teachers, extensively researched online and print resources, and assessment and observation tips help educators make real-world applications. Cultivate lasting student engagement and transform educational outcomes with this must-have resource!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

Introduction

  • Myth 1. It's Easy to Tell Who Who Is Engaged: What Is Engagement and How Can I Assess It in My Classroom?
  • Portraits of Engagement
  • What Is Engagement?
  • Why Assess Engagement?
  • Consistency, Duration, and Variation in Engagement
  • Methods for Assessing Engagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 2. Some Students Just Don't Care: How Disengagement Is More Than Just a Lack of Student Motivation
  • School Versus Out-of-School Tasks
  • Teacher-Student Relations and Disengagement
  • Peer Relations and Disengagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 3. What Happens Outside of School Competes With Academics: How Out-of-School Time and Families Affect Engagement in School
  • Extracurricular Activity Participation and Academic Outcomes
  • Variation in Engagement Across Contexts
  • Self-Determination Theory and Engagement
  • Families and Engagement
  • Barriers to Parent Involvement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 4. Hands-On Is Minds-On: How to Create More Engaging Classroom Tasks That Result in Deep Learning
  • Designing Classroom Tasks for Engagement
  • Cognitive Components of the Task
  • Authentic Tasks
  • Authentic Instructional Models
  • Motivational and Cognitive Challenges With Authentic Instruction
  • Strategies for Implementing Cognitively Complex Tasks
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Examples
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 5. Focus on Content: Don’t Make It Personal: How Relationships Matter for Student Engagement
  • Teacher Support and Student Engagement and Achievement
  • Essential Characteristics of Meaningful Teacher-Student Relations
  • Building Relatedness in the Classroom
  • Being an Autonomy-Supportive Teacher
  • Supporting Students' Need for Competence
  • How Teachers Support Cognitive Engagement
  • Barriers to Developing High-Quality Relationships
  • Building Relationships With Difficult Students
  • Connecting With Diverse Students
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 6. Socializing With Peers Detracts From Student Engagement: How to Create a Peer Context That Supports Engagement
  • Why Are Peer Relationships Important?
  • Friendships
  • Teachers' Beliefs and Instructional Practices
  • How Do Peers Socialize Engagement?
  • Cooperative Learning and Collaborative Instruction
  • Key Strategies for Supporting Cooperation and Collaboration
  • Creating Classroom Communities
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 7. There’s Only So Much a Teacher Can Do: How to Help Those Students Still Struggling to Succeed
  • Why Is It Important to Resist Disengagement?
  • Risk Factors for Disengagement
  • Why Is a Student Disengaged?
  • Boys and Disengagement
  • Academic Problems and Disengagement
  • Students With a History of Behavioral Problems
  • African American, Hispanic, and Low-Income Students and Disengagement
  • Interventions to Increase Engagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 8. Student Engagement Is a Student Choice: Choosing to Make the Effort and Not Waiting for Engagement to Happen

References

References

Index

Index

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February 2014 | 272 pages | Corwin

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Your expert resource to activate, manage, and maintain lasting student success!

Student disengagement is a huge challenge for teachers everywhere. Leading education expert Jennifer Fredricks empowers teachers to reengage students at all levels with powerful examples and clear-eyed implementation strategies that build essential 21st century learning skills. Teachers get the core facts about the causes, consequences, and solutions to disengagement and learn to confidently:

  • Identify students most at risk for disengagement
  • Implement student-centered, project-based learning practices for maximum educational outcomes
  • Work effectively with diverse groups of disengaged youth
  • Build positive peer cultures and high-quality student-teacher relationships

Straightforward how-to’s from practicing classroom teachers, extensively researched online and print resources, and assessment and observation tips help educators make real-world applications. Cultivate lasting student engagement and transform educational outcomes with this must-have resource!


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • About the Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Myth 1. It's Easy to Tell Who Who Is Engaged: What Is Engagement and How Can I Assess It in My Classroom?
  • Portraits of Engagement
  • What Is Engagement?
  • Why Assess Engagement?
  • Consistency, Duration, and Variation in Engagement
  • Methods for Assessing Engagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 2. Some Students Just Don't Care: How Disengagement Is More Than Just a Lack of Student Motivation
  • School Versus Out-of-School Tasks
  • Teacher-Student Relations and Disengagement
  • Peer Relations and Disengagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 3. What Happens Outside of School Competes With Academics: How Out-of-School Time and Families Affect Engagement in School
  • Extracurricular Activity Participation and Academic Outcomes
  • Variation in Engagement Across Contexts
  • Self-Determination Theory and Engagement
  • Families and Engagement
  • Barriers to Parent Involvement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 4. Hands-On Is Minds-On: How to Create More Engaging Classroom Tasks That Result in Deep Learning
  • Designing Classroom Tasks for Engagement
  • Cognitive Components of the Task
  • Authentic Tasks
  • Authentic Instructional Models
  • Motivational and Cognitive Challenges With Authentic Instruction
  • Strategies for Implementing Cognitively Complex Tasks
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Examples
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 5. Focus on Content: Don’t Make It Personal: How Relationships Matter for Student Engagement
  • Teacher Support and Student Engagement and Achievement
  • Essential Characteristics of Meaningful Teacher-Student Relations
  • Building Relatedness in the Classroom
  • Being an Autonomy-Supportive Teacher
  • Supporting Students' Need for Competence
  • How Teachers Support Cognitive Engagement
  • Barriers to Developing High-Quality Relationships
  • Building Relationships With Difficult Students
  • Connecting With Diverse Students
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 6. Socializing With Peers Detracts From Student Engagement: How to Create a Peer Context That Supports Engagement
  • Why Are Peer Relationships Important?
  • Friendships
  • Teachers' Beliefs and Instructional Practices
  • How Do Peers Socialize Engagement?
  • Cooperative Learning and Collaborative Instruction
  • Key Strategies for Supporting Cooperation and Collaboration
  • Creating Classroom Communities
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 7. There’s Only So Much a Teacher Can Do: How to Help Those Students Still Struggling to Succeed
  • Why Is It Important to Resist Disengagement?
  • Risk Factors for Disengagement
  • Why Is a Student Disengaged?
  • Boys and Disengagement
  • Academic Problems and Disengagement
  • Students With a History of Behavioral Problems
  • African American, Hispanic, and Low-Income Students and Disengagement
  • Interventions to Increase Engagement
  • Chapter Summary
  • Text-to-Practice Exercises
  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • Research-Based Resources
  • Myth 8. Student Engagement Is a Student Choice: Choosing to Make the Effort and Not Waiting for Engagement to Happen
  • References
  • Index

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