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Newman, Dee – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2012
In creating Project Re-ED, Nicholas Hobbs (1913-1983) embarked on a bold new approach to emotionally troubled children and youth. Re-ED, an acronym for the Re-education of Emotionally Disturbed Children, builds on positive concepts of normalcy and health rather than deviance and illness. Hobbs had been impressed by the "educateur" of Europe and…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries, Counseling Techniques, Competence
Dweck, Carol S.; Walton, Gregory M.; Cohen, Geoffrey L. – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2014
In a nationwide survey of high school dropouts conducted in 2006, 69 percent said that school had not motivated or inspired them to work hard. The majority of educational reforms have focused on curriculum and pedagogy--what material is taught and how it is taught. However, psychological factors--often called motivational or non-cognitive…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Student Motivation, Academic Persistence