DreamPower: Using Life Lessons, Research-Based Practices, and the Psychology of Motivation to Win in Education

Increasing student achievement, closing the achievement gap, and making adequate yearly progress (AYP) have become paramount concerns for all educators in America's public schools. Finally, here is a look at how to supercharge what makes those things possible-- MOTIVATION. DreamPower: Using Life Lessons, Research-Based Practices, and the Psychology of Motivation to Win in Education breaks new ground by combining positive psychology with heart-warming stories. Little and Hervey support research findings in human motivation with real-life experiences and cues from best educational practices. They highlight what works to motivate students, communicate and develop partnerships with parents, and address the necessity of self-mastery. Along the way, the duo highlights trend-setting educators who are enlisting new approaches to motivation and pointing a bold way forward. DreamPower, a provocative and readable desktop companion, is guaranteed to challenge every educator to rethink and improve the ways in which schools motivate students, teachers and parents.