Engaging Students
Subtitle: The Next Level of Working on the Work
By: Phillip C. Schlechty
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780470640081
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Academic achievement; EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General; Curriculum change; School improvement programs; School environment
Description: "Working on the Work (WOW) offers a motivational framework for improving student performance by improving the quality of school designed for students. In this second edition, author Phillip Schlechty incorporates what he's learned from the field and from the hundreds of workshops he and his organization, the Schlechty Center, have conducted since the book's first publication. WOW is a theory of motivation that tries to answer the question: "What can teachers build into the task and activities they design for students that will increase the prospect which students will find meaning in the tasks assigned?" The guide is filled with practical wisdom"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and index.