1st Edition
Underachieving to Protect Self-worth Advice for Teachers, Teacher-educators and Counsellors
By Ted Thompson
Copyright 1999
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999, this volume strives to present an integrated account of how failure avoidance may be reduced. Ted Thompson asks: why is failure so aversive and why do people to almost any lengths to avoid it? This is a book about implications for organising the context of classroom learning: how teachers may interact with students on a one-to-one basis in ways which foster positive... Read more
Part 1. Description and Differentiation. 1. Introduction. 2. Nature of Self-Worth Protection. 3. Long-Term Costs. 4. Alternative Explanations of Failure. 5. Kindred Concepts. Part 2. Mediating Variables and Development. 6. Aspects of Personality. 7. Situational Variables. 8. Development of Self-Worth Protection. Part 3. Implications and Intervention. 9. Organising Classroom Learning. 10. The Role of Teachers. 11. Teacher Training. 12. Counselling Implications. 13. Additional Components.
Biography
Ted Thompson
