Reaching Higher
The Power of Expectations in Schooling
Published on 1. July 2009
366 pages
978-0-674-04504-0 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing upon a generation of research on self-fulfilling prophecies in education, Weinstein argues that our expectations of children are often too low. She 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.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04504-0 (9780674045040)
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09/2004
Harvard University Press
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Person
Rhona S. Weinstein is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Content
Contents Introduction I Reframing the Debate:What Children Can Become 1 Colliding Expectations of Family and School 2 Turning Points in Research on Expectations:Toward an Ecological Paradigm 3 Revisiting Educational Self-Fulfilling Prophecies II Expectations in Classrooms:Through the Eyes of Students 4 Children Talk about Expectations for Achievement 5 Differences among Classroom Achievement Cultures 6 Children's Lives in Contrasting Classrooms 7 Achievement Histories of Vulnerability and Resilience III Expectations in Systems:Through the Eyes of Educators 8 Changing a Stratified School Culture 9 A School Culture for the Fullest Development 10 Achievement Cultures for University Faculty Conclusion References Acknowledgments Index
