Overcoming Student Apathy

Succeeding with All Learners

By (author) Jeff C. Marshall Contributions by Dina Bailey, Brian Dunn, Emily S. Howell, Abigail Kindelsperger, Alicia Smith-Noneman

Publication date:

09 May 2014

Length of book:

142 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

238x160mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781475806601

Overcoming Student Apathy: Succeeding with All Learners provides a candid look into the hearts and minds of many of today’s struggling learners. Frustrated teachers and administrators typically stop at labeling the symptoms shown by these students: apathetic, unmotivated, lazy. Overcoming Student Apathy clarifies the issues, while proposing solutions to move forward with each student. The second edition has added three additional chapters that focus on critical issues surrounding today’s learners: a look at keystone habits that influence student behavior, addressing standards that frame learning and technologies that can accent learning, and creating highly engaged learning environments to achieve success with all. Undoubtedly apathy currently plagues many of our middle and high school classrooms. This book starts the conversation on how to move beyond “they just don’t care” by focusing on solutions that help to eradicate this nemesis to learning.
Overcoming Student Apathyprovides clarity of purpose and reinvigorated passion to educators by focusing on the power of relationships. The relationships between student and teacher, among students engaged in deep, connected learning, and within the learning environment are explored through new perspectives and possibilities. This book provides insight and hope to uplift educators by reminding them of why they teach and how their work changes lives every day.