Powerful teaching : developmental assets in curriculum and instruction /

Shows education professionals how to infuse assets into their existing curriculum and instruction without starting a new program.

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Other Authors: Taccogna, Judy, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Search Institute, c2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / John Jay Bonstingl
  • How you teach makes a difference
  • Rising above the challenges of change
  • Making your teaching count with an asset mind-set / Judy Taccogna
  • Principles for infusing assets into your curriculum and instruction
  • The what and how of teaching / Judy Taccogna
  • Asset building to support what's already required
  • The developmental assets connection: meeting the demands of educational issues and expectations / Judy Taccogna
  • Brain-smart teaching / Dee Lindenberger
  • Infusing assets through instructional strategies
  • Doing away with disengagement: asset-rich strategies for K-12 instruction / Stan Paine
  • Building assets through differentiation / Judy Taccogna
  • Sinking or swimming together: assets and cooperative learning / Judy Taccogna
  • Cooperating to build assets / Jan Mitchell
  • Teach what you know
  • Infusing assets into language arts
  • Serving up John Grisham: developing reading for pleasure / Andrea Godfrey Brown
  • Contents note continued: Service circles of reading: gaining competence and self-confidence / Karen Kupfer Johnson
  • Negotiating at the bargaining table: three leadership projects / Jan Mitchell
  • Celebrating folklore: collecting and publishing a community's stories / H. Wallace Goddard
  • From tragedy to hope: addressing real-life issues in Romeo and Juliet / Amy Almendinger
  • Compelling college candidates: creating meaning in preparing applications / Stephanie Karno
  • Creative writing with an asset theme / Pamela N. Widmann
  • Ready, set, assets in action: producing a video for youth / Joyce Arnason and Cheri Schaney
  • Infusing assets into social studies / Liberty and justice for all? Examining perceptions, assumptions, and involvement in civic life / Jonathan Miller-Lane
  • Learning citizenship: making a positive difference every day / Dave Guile
  • Labeling and stererotyping: do you really know what it feels like? / Judy Taccogna
  • Contents note continued: Trekking cross-county: cultural empathy and quality decisions / Brenda Duffey
  • Infusing assets into math and science
  • There is no such thing as a stupid question: role playing to succeed in math / Helene Louise Perry
  • Designing a naturescape: cultivating asset growth / Dave Guile
  • Infusing assets into health education
  • Capitalizing on strengths and creating solutions: leaping the hurdles in health education / Colleen Mahoney
  • Powerful strategies for bullying prevention / Dee Lindenberger
  • Kids are the core / Karla McComb
  • Leaders of tomorrow: making health-positive choices / Georgia Teppert
  • Infusing assets into visual arts
  • A masterpiece show: visualizing the assets in art / Kristine Willett
  • Gaining cultural insights through art / Jaime L. Shafer
  • Advocate for assets beyond the classroom
  • Creating asset-rich educational systems
  • Taking the first step: linking supports for high school success / Steven Henderson
  • Contents note continued: The graduation project: an asset-rich journey
  • Keeping youth engaged / Judy Taccogna
  • Appendixes
  • Contributors
  • Other education resources from search institute.