Description
This book examines the ways in which students respond to academic failure and provides practical strategies that educators can put in place to build classroom confidence and success. School has the potential to be a major source of personal and academic fulfillment. However, the reality is that fear and failure pervade many students' academic lives. Rather than respond to academic fear and failure in constructive and courageous ways, many students engage in self-defeating, avoidant, and helpless behaviors. This book examines the counterproductive strategies students use in response to their fear and failure. Also examined are the successful practices educators can put in place to eliminate fear and failure in the classroom and help students respond to their problematic behaviors in more positive and productive ways. In doing so, educators lay the foundations for building classroom success.
This book examines ways in which students respond to academic failure and provides practical strategies that educators can use to build classroom confidence and success.
About the Author
Andrew Martin is a Registered Educational and Child Psychologist and Research-only Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, AUS specialising in student motivation, engagement and achievement. Prior to this he spent a year as Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK.
Reviews
Dr Martin has produced here a straightforward and manageable guide to dealing with a myriad of student issues which are all rooted in self doubt and a lack of confidence. The content of Dr Martin's advice is accessible for both new and experienced teachers and delivers an interesting angle on dealing with issues arising in the classroom... * School Librarian journal, vol. 53 no.3 Autumn 2010 (UK) *
... a comprehensive and informative volume that belongs on the shelf of every teacher or teacher educator concerned with the academic wellbeing of students. In this invaluable resource, Dr. Martin has not only vividly captured the complex dilemmas facing today's learners and teachers, but he has also offered empirically sound recommendations and thoughtful guidance for dealing effectively with those dilemmas......If there is one book that teachers or school administrators read this year, if there is one volume to which they turn for guidance or support, it should be Building Classroom Success. -- Patricia A. Alexander, Professor and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy, University of Maryland, USA
There has long been a need for a text aimed at teachers which explores the implications of research on academic self-concepts for classroom practices. Andrew Martin's book meets that need in the authoritative fashion that would be expected from one of the world-leading researchers in the field. -- Andrew Tolmie, Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
...up-to-date advice and guidance on how to deal with some of the most difficult and pervasive classroom issues facing teachers and schools today: fear, failure, disengagement, avoidance, pessimism, and helplessness - to name a few ...I highly recommend this excellent volume to teachers, teacher educators, trainee teachers, school executives, parents and education departments. -- Kit-Tai Hau, Chair Professor of Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Despite the fact that the examples in the book are drawn from early-, middle- and late adolescents, the topic of the book can be applied to students of all ages, from elementary-school-aged pupils to university students. The book can also be used as a self-help guide in overcoming exam fears, avoiding failure and developing personal strategies towards academic success. Those who work with children, such as teachers, teaching assistants, psychologists would find the book very useful to apply to their practices. I would also recommend this book to parents who want to understand the complexity of their children's fears and who are keen on helping children to view the classroom not as a battlefield, but a world where they can learn and improve. * ESCalate *
Book Information
ISBN 9781847065605
Author Dr Andrew Martin
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 308g
This book examines ways in which students respond to academic failure and provides practical strategies that educators can use to build classroom confidence and success.
About the Author
Andrew Martin is a Registered Educational and Child Psychologist and Research-only Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, AUS specialising in student motivation, engagement and achievement. Prior to this he spent a year as Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK.
Reviews
Dr Martin has produced here a straightforward and manageable guide to dealing with a myriad of student issues which are all rooted in self doubt and a lack of confidence. The content of Dr Martin's advice is accessible for both new and experienced teachers and delivers an interesting angle on dealing with issues arising in the classroom... * School Librarian journal, vol. 53 no.3 Autumn 2010 (UK) *
... a comprehensive and informative volume that belongs on the shelf of every teacher or teacher educator concerned with the academic wellbeing of students. In this invaluable resource, Dr. Martin has not only vividly captured the complex dilemmas facing today's learners and teachers, but he has also offered empirically sound recommendations and thoughtful guidance for dealing effectively with those dilemmas......If there is one book that teachers or school administrators read this year, if there is one volume to which they turn for guidance or support, it should be Building Classroom Success. -- Patricia A. Alexander, Professor and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy, University of Maryland, USA
There has long been a need for a text aimed at teachers which explores the implications of research on academic self-concepts for classroom practices. Andrew Martin's book meets that need in the authoritative fashion that would be expected from one of the world-leading researchers in the field. -- Andrew Tolmie, Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
...up-to-date advice and guidance on how to deal with some of the most difficult and pervasive classroom issues facing teachers and schools today: fear, failure, disengagement, avoidance, pessimism, and helplessness - to name a few ...I highly recommend this excellent volume to teachers, teacher educators, trainee teachers, school executives, parents and education departments. -- Kit-Tai Hau, Chair Professor of Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Despite the fact that the examples in the book are drawn from early-, middle- and late adolescents, the topic of the book can be applied to students of all ages, from elementary-school-aged pupils to university students. The book can also be used as a self-help guide in overcoming exam fears, avoiding failure and developing personal strategies towards academic success. Those who work with children, such as teachers, teaching assistants, psychologists would find the book very useful to apply to their practices. I would also recommend this book to parents who want to understand the complexity of their children's fears and who are keen on helping children to view the classroom not as a battlefield, but a world where they can learn and improve. * ESCalate *
Book Information
ISBN 9781847065605
Author Dr Andrew Martin
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 308g
![Building Classroom Success: Eliminating Academic Fear and Failure by Andrew Martin 9781847065605 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/4827963/4827196/9781847065605__43123.1721828583.jpg?c=1 "Building Classroom Success: Eliminating Academic Fear and Failure by Andrew Martin 9781847065605 [USED COPY]")
