EMPOWER Your Students

ebook Tools to Inspire a Meaningful School Experience, Grades 6-12

By Lauren Porosoff

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Discover how to motivate students in the classroom, using the elements of EMPOWER—exploration, motivation, participation, openness, willingness, empathy, and resilience. Make school a positive, meaningful experience in your students' lives and cultivate intrinsic motivation. This highly practical resource offers enjoyable, engaging classroom activities, as well as strategies for refining teaching practices, incorporating student values into course content, fostering the development of soft skills, and deeply connecting with learners.

How this book will EMPOWER you:

  • Understand what values are and how they are different from preferences and goals.
  • Discover how to help students determine which values they want to enact at school and in life.
  • Examine how to incorporate values work into the classroom curriculum in all disciplines.
  • Explore examples of classroom experiences that highlight the importance of student empowerment.
  • Learn how to bring your own values to the classroom to become a better teacher and colleague.
  • Contents:
    Introduction: Empowering Students to Transform What School Means

    Part I: Activities That Empower Students
    Chapter 1: Exploration
    Chapter 2: Motivation
    Chapter 3: Participation
    Chapter 4: Openness
    Chapter 5: Willingness
    Chapter 6: Empathy
    Chapter 7: Resilience

    Part II: Strategies That Empower Students
    Chapter 8: Empowering Dialogue
    Chapter 9: Empowering Partnerships
    Chapter 10: Empowering Collaborations
    Chapter 11: Empowering Curriculum
    Chapter 12: Empowering Inquiry
    Chapter 13: Empowering Yourself

    Conclusion: Paths to Empowerment
    Appendix: Examples of Values
    References and Resources
    Index

    EMPOWER Your Students