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Informationen zum Autor Kathleen Cushman writes, speaks, and consults to a national audience of educators. A journalist and documentarian, she cofounded the nonprofit What Kids Can Do, which collaborates with diverse youth in the United States and abroad, bringing their voices to bear on the complex challenges that affect their lives and learning. She is also author of Fires in the Bathroom and coauthor, with Laura Rogers, of Fires in the Middle School Bathroom . Klappentext Praise for Fires in the Mind "What a refreshing book! Rather than asking the timeworn question 'How can we motivate these kids?' Kathleen Cushman performs a lovely act of conceptual jujutsu and instead asks 'What can the kids tell us about motivation?' The answers are smart and thoughtful and brimming with good advice." -- Mike Rose , author, Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us "The best school reform creates schools that kids want to go to, where learning is meaningful and engaging. This wonderful book builds on the concept that education should be 'asset based, ' not based on telling kids what they don't know and can't do. Read Fires in the Mind and connect to the voices of students about how they learn most eagerly." -- Paul Houston , executive director emeritus, American Association of School Administrators "'Become passionate' is easy to say, hard to do, impossible to compel. Drawing on the insights of young persons, parents, teachers, and experts, Kathleen Cushman reveals the paths to passionate pursuit of something worthwhile." -- Howard Gardner , Harvard Graduate School of Education; author, Five Minds for the Future, Multiple Intelligences, and The Unschooled Mind "An immensely useful, insightful, and indispensable guide to tapping the immense potential in every child. Essential reading for teachers, coaches, and parents alike." -- Daniel Coyle , author, The Talent Code "Every educator would like for students to develop a passion, but many are unsure of how to light that fire. Kathleen Cushman had the wisdom to ask students, and they tell us with clarity what motivates them and how school might be made more inspiring. Anyone who cares about schooling or children should read this book." -- Daniel T. Willingham , author, Why Don't Students Like School? Zusammenfassung Through the voices of students themselves! this book brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? It includes worksheets! tips! and discussion guides that help put the book's ideas into practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Dennis White ix 1. What Does It Take to Get Good? 1 Young people are developing mastery in ways we easily overlook 2. Catching the Spark 11 Kids tell what draws them in and gives them confidence in learning 3. Keeping at It 31 When do young people stick with something and make it their own? 4. Asking the Experts 55 Looking at how experts work, students make sense of their own process 5. Exploring Deliberate Practice 71 Young people look closer at what makes practice effective 6. Practice and Performance 87 Demonstrating mastery also helps students improve 7. Bringing Practice into the Classroom 97 Students imagine the classroom as a community of practice 8. Is Homework Deliberate Practice? 117 Whether, when, and how to give kids practice after class 9. School Projects That Build Expert Habits 135 Students talk about their most compelling curricula 10. Making School a Community of Practice 153 Kids suggest ways that schools can foster expert habits Appendix A: The Practice Project: A Five-Day Curriculum Outline for Secondary Teachers or Advisers 159 How to help students investigate...
