Spotlighting the strengths of every single student : why U.S. schools need a new, strengths-based approach / Elsie Jones-Smith.

Author: Jones-Smith, Elsie.

Imprint:Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.

Descriptionxiv, 285 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Emergence, growth and current uses of strengths-based educational systems -- The strengths mindset: understanding the nature of strengths -- Brain development, emotion, and learning -- The strengths-based school's component 1: a strengths-building pyramid -- Component 2: improving instruction, the academic curriculum -- Component 3: caring and empathic classrooms -- Component 4: preventing failure -- Component 5: increasing home, school, and community partnerships -- Assuring teachers understand their own strengths -- Creating and communicating a strengths-based school vision: getting involved.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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