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Getting Our Kids Back on Track: Educating Children for the Future
Janine Bempechat
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Description for Getting Our Kids Back on Track: Educating Children for the Future
Paperback. This volume offers a controversial response to the self-esteem movement in education. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 461.
Getting Our Kids Back on Track is a no-nonsense guide for achieving academic success written by an acclaimed expert in the study of motivation and achievement in children. In this indispensable resource, author Janine Bempechat claims that the so-called self-esteem movement has actually worked to undermine academic excellence in our nation's schools. As an alternative, she offers parents clear-cut advice and details step by step how to create a structured, predictable, and consistent home environment that will inspire children to reach their full intellectual potential.
Getting Our Kids Back on Track is a no-nonsense guide for achieving academic success written by an acclaimed expert in the study of motivation and achievement in children. In this indispensable resource, author Janine Bempechat claims that the so-called self-esteem movement has actually worked to undermine academic excellence in our nation's schools. As an alternative, she offers parents clear-cut advice and details step by step how to create a structured, predictable, and consistent home environment that will inspire children to reach their full intellectual potential.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787949914
SKU
V9780787949914
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About Janine Bempechat
JANINE BEMPECHAT is assistant professor of education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The author of Against the Odds, Bempechat lectures and conducts workshops on the topic of motivation and achievement in children and is a frequent guest on National Public Radio.
Reviews for Getting Our Kids Back on Track: Educating Children for the Future
"Practical solutions that will boost kids' competence and helpparents know they can make a difference." (Michele Borba, author,Parents Do Make a Difference) "Building on her research and personal experiences, Bempechat makesa passionate, provocative, and powerful plea to parents to focus onthe academic achievement of their children." (Jerome T. Murphy,Harold Howe II Professor of Education and dean, Harvard ... Read more