Building classroom success : eliminating academic fear and failure

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Personal Author:

Martin, Andy, 1962-

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2010

Physical Description:

xi, 224 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

ISBN:

9781847065605

Subject Term:

Effective teaching

Academic achievement

Classroom management

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Author Notes

Andrew Martin is a Registered Educational and Child Psychologist and Research-only Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, AUS specialising in student motivation, engagement and achievement. Prior to this he spent a year as Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK.

About the author	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Part 1 Achievement Evolution in the Classroom	p. 1
Chapter 1 Achievement in the twenty-first century	p. 3
Part 2 Success in the Classroom	p. 17
Chapter 2 Success seekers	p. 19
Part 3 Fear and Failure in the Classroom	p. 31
Chapter 3 Fear, failure and self-esteem	p. 33
Chapter 4 Self-esteem protection	p. 44
Chapter 5 Self-handicapping	p. 50
Chapter 6 Defensive pessimism and defensive optimism	p. 63
Chapter 7 Disengagement and helplessness	p. 78
Chapter 8 Overstriving and perfectionism	p. 92
Chapter 9 Fear of success and success avoidance	p. 102
Part 4 Building Classroom Success, Eliminating Academic Fear and Failure	p. 113
Chapter 10 Courageous and constructive views of poor performance	p. 115
Chapter 11 Developing broadly based self-esteem	p. 122
Chapter 12 Effectively dealing with competition	p. 126
Chapter 13 Reducing avoidance and increasing success orientation	p. 140
Chapter 14 Developing healthy views of competence	p. 146
Chapter 15 Developing rock-solid self-esteem	p. 153
Chapter 16 Running your own race	p. 158
Chapter 17 Seizing control	p. 165
Chapter 18 Empowering beliefs about cause and effect	p. 171
Chapter 19 Teacher tip wrap-up	p. 179
Chapter 20 Good teacher-student relationships	p. 183
Chapter 21 Conclusion	p. 198
Bibliography	p. 202
Index	p. 219

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