Description
Book SynopsisENGAGING STUDENTS
In Phillip Schlechty''s best-selling book Working on the Work, he outlined a motivational framework for improving student performance by improving the quality of schools designed for students. Engaging Students offers a next-step resource in which Schlechty incorporates what he''s learned from the field and from the hundreds of workshops he and the Schlechty Center staff have conducted since Working on the Work was first published.
This innovative and practical book is focused on helping teachers become increasingly successful in designing engaging work for their students. Schlechty contends that rather than viewing schools as teaching platforms, schools must be viewed as learning platforms. Rather than seeing schools as knowledge distribution systems, schools must be seen as knowledge work systems. Rather than defining teachers as instructors, teachers must be defined as designers, leaders, and guides to instruction. Engagin
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
The Author ix
About the Schlechty Center xi
PART O N E Engagement
ONE Introduction 3
TWO The Meaning of Engagement 13
PART TWO The Framework
THREE Motives and Motivation 43
FOUR The Engagement-Focused School 57
F I V E Prototypes and Design Specifi cations 75
S I X An Alternative View of Teaching 97
PART T H R E E New Roles in Our Schools
SEVEN The Teacher’s Role: Leader, Designer, and Guide to Instruction 113
E I G H T The Principal’s Role: Leader of Leaders 133
NINE The Superintendent’s Role: Moral and Intellectual Leader 151
T E N Rethinking Accountability 171
Appendix: A Framework for Refl ection and Discussion 187
Bibliography 197
Index 199
