Working Hard Working Happy

<p>In this new book from Routledge and MiddleWeb author Rita Platt shows how you can create a joyful classroom community in which students are determined to work hard be resilient and never give up. She describes how to help build students’ purpose mastery and autonomy so they take ownership over their work and develop a growth mindset for success. </p><p>Topics covered include: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Why joy and effort go hand in hand</li> <p> </p> <li>How to build a classroom climate of caring and achievement</li> <p> </p> <li>Why mastery and goal setting are important</li> <p> </p> <li>How to work with differentiated instruction</li> <p> </p> <li>How to work with cooperative and collaborative learning</li> <p> </p> <li>Why parent-teacher connection is vital</li> <p> </p> <li>How to take your practice of joy and effort beyond the classroom</li> <p> </p> <li>And much more!</li> </ul><p>Each chapter includes practical tools tips and ideas that you can use immediately to develop these skills in students so they find more joy and success in the learning process.</p>