Reaching Higher: The Power of Expectations in Schooling

Drawing upon a generation of research on self-fulfilling prophecies in education, Reaching Higher argues that our expectations of children are often too low. Weinstein shows that children typed early as "not very smart" can go on to accomplish far more than is expected of them by an educat...

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1. Verfasser: Weinstein, Rhona S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:Drawing upon a generation of research on self-fulfilling prophecies in education, Reaching Higher argues that our expectations of children are often too low. Weinstein shows that children typed early as "not very smart" can go on to accomplish far more than is expected of them by an educational system with too narrow a definition of ability. She faults the system, pointing out that teachers themselves are harnessed by policies that do not enable them to reach higher for all children
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (359 pages)
ISBN:9780674045040
DOI:10.4159/9780674045040

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