Reaching higher : the power of expectations in schooling / Rhona S. Weinstein.
"In this book based on extensive research on self-fulfilling prophecies, Weinstein argues that our expectations of children are often far too low. In fact, as Weinstein shows, children typed early as "not very smart" can go on to accomplish much more than was ever expected of them.&qu...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
[2002]
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| Summary: | "In this book based on extensive research on self-fulfilling prophecies, Weinstein argues that our expectations of children are often far too low. In fact, as Weinstein shows, children typed early as "not very smart" can go on to accomplish much more than was ever expected of them." "Why do expectations become all-powerful? Reaching Higher describes the contexts that create and sustain them. In an educational system with too narrow a definition of ability and too limited an array of learning opportunities, differences can end up looking like deficiencies. Yet in our diverse society and increasingly complex workplace, low expectations mean the lifelong waste of much-needed abilities. Weinstein faults assumptions, not individuals, pointing out that teachers are themselves caught in a hierarchical school culture that keeps them from being able to reach higher for all children. Weinstein's compelling case studies allow us to hear the voices of children, parents, teachers, principals, and university faculty in their common predicaments in the pursuit of learning."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 345 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-329) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674009193 9780674009196 |