What Students Say to Themselves
Internal Dialogue and School Success
1st Edition
Published on 20. December 1999
Book
Hardback
120 pages
978-0-8039-6694-9 (ISBN)
Description
Teach your students to talk themselves into success! Research indicates that what students say to themselves about themselves directly affects their results. Purkey explains what teachers can do to promote positive self-talk in students and how schools can become a powerful "positive signal system."
Reviews / Votes
"In this concise, clearly written monograph, Purkey, a former public school teacher and currently professor of counselor education at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, describes how those who work with young people can encourage positive, realistic self-talk in themselves and their students." -- J. A. Gamradt, University of New Mexico * CHOICE, 2000 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 0 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
342 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-6694-9 (9780803966949)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Book
12/1999
1st Edition
SAGE Publications Inc
€37.50
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Person
William Watson Purkey is professor emeritus of counselor education at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and co-founder of The International Alliance for Invitational Education (R). A noted author, researcher, speaker, and leader, Purkey has authored nearly 100 articles and more than a dozen books.
Content
Listening to the Voices of the Inner Self
Developing Concepts of the Self
How Internal Dialogue Develops
Promoting Positive and Realistic Self-Talk in Students
Creating School-Wide Strategies to Enhance Positive Self-Talk
Developing Concepts of the Self
How Internal Dialogue Develops
Promoting Positive and Realistic Self-Talk in Students
Creating School-Wide Strategies to Enhance Positive Self-Talk