| The Won't Learners: An Answer to Their Cry Contributor(s): Leiding, Darlene (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810843021 ISBN-13: 9780810843028 Publisher: R & L Education OUR PRICE: $44.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2002 Annotation: Who are the won't learners? They are the students who fail to succeed in the traditional elementary, middle, and high schools. What can educators do to reconnect with the won't learner? Author Darlene Leiding has some positive approaches based on decades of experience and research with these at-risk students. She describes the many successful schools that are attracting the won't learners. Her book is about parents, teachers, and community members working together. It recommends an alternative way for the reader to look at the won't learner and how to change the way we teach them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Learning Styles - Education | Special Education - Behavioral, Emotional & Social Disabilities |
| Dewey: 371.93 |
| LCCN: 2002021204 |
| Series: Innovations in Education |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.98" W x 9.06" (0.63 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Who are the won't learners? They are the students who fail to succeed in the traditional elementary, middle, and high schools. What can educators do to reconnect with the won't learner? Author Darlene Leiding has some positive approaches based on decades of experience and research with these at-risk students. The focus is on classrooms where the lessons are interdisciplinary with opportunities for hands-on learning, where the work is challenging, relates to real life, and is rich with meaning. Students are challenged at their own levels. This scenario describes the many successful schools that are attracting the won't learners. This book is about parents, teachers, and community members working together. It recommends an alternative way for the reader to look at the won't learner and how to change the way they are taught. |
