Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - A Practical Guide to Its Use in Education

List of contents

Introduction
The Mechanisms of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The SFP: Global Perspective
Gender & the SFP
Race (African American) & the SFP
Ethnicity & the SFP
Given Name/Surname & the SFP
Dialect and/or Primary Language & the SFP
Attractiveness & the SFP
Body Build & the SFP
Socioeconomic Levels & the SFP
"Special Needs" Students & the SFP
The SFP from the Students' Side of the Desk
Preservice and Inservice SFP Training
Practitioner Testimonials
ERIC & the SFP
References
Figures and Tables
Index

About the author

ROBERT T. TAUBER is Professor Emeritus, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State-Erie, The Behrend College. He has taught and counseled in K-12, and has taught at the university level for 35 years. While at Behrend College, he taught a variety of education courses, supervised students on field experience, and served as Dean's Representative for the College of Education. Since retiring from Penn State, Tauber continues to teach graduate courses as an Adjunct Professor at Gannon University, Erie, PA, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. He is well published, both nationally and internationally, and has served two sabbaticals, one at Durham University (UK) and one at the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Product details

• Authors: Robert T. Tauber, Tauber Robert T.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.1997
• EAN: 9780275955021
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95502-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Sociology and anthropology, Current Events and Issues: Education