{"product_id":"excited-to-learn","title":"Excited to Learn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword Review′s 2015 Indiefab Book of the Year Award Winner!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMotivation is to learning as oxygen is to breathing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMost experts agree that student motivation and engagement are critical components of teaching and learning. Yet both are vulnerable to distraction. Effective instructional planning is also motivational planning!\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcited to Learn: Motivation and Culturally Responsive Teaching\u003c\/em\u003e helps teachers leverage students’ natural curiosity and academic potential, featuring:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 50 strategies to enhance students’ emotional safety, value for learning, engagement, and competence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA field-tested and research-validated model to make instructional planning also motivational planning \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbundant tools, templates, and protocols to strengthen student motivation and learning \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clear rationale for intrinsic motivation, especially in culturally diverse classrooms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssential information for teaching linguistically diverse students and students who have been historically underserved \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcited to Learn \u003c\/em\u003ebegins with background on intrinsic motivation. Next, it introduces\u003cem\u003e the motivational framework for culturally responsive teaching,\u003c\/em\u003e the foundation of award-winning schools throughout the United States and abroad.  Then it provides specific strategies that can be adapted to different subject areas and developmental levels. The epilogue provides guidelines for adult learning and includes an activity to introduce the book to teachers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Support students’ curiosity,  engagement, and success as life-long learners!\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"How can you work with classroom dynamics to increase your culturally diverse students’ investment in learning? In this theoretically sound and immensely practical guide, Margery Ginsberg offers teachers a clear framework loaded with wonderful hands-on activities that have the power to change how teachers and students relate to each other and to academic learning. This book is designed to enable teachers to unlock their students’ inner motivation and reach the students teachers find most challenging.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e— Christine Sleeter, Professor Emerita\u003cbr\u003e   California State University Monterey Bay\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54246222823768,"sku":"9781452259536","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781452259536.jpg?v=1777779065","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/excited-to-learn","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}