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1、 Spotlighting the Strengths of Every Single Student Spotlighting the Strengths of Every Single Student Why U.S. Schools Need a New, Strengths-Based Approach Elsie Jones-Smith, PhD Copyright 2011 by Elsie Jones-Smith, PhD All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
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3、lsie. Spotlighting the strengths of every single student : why U.S. schools need a new, strengths-based approach / Elsie Jones-Smith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9780313391538 (hard copy : alk. paper) ISBN 9780313391545 (ebook) 1. Individualized instruction. 2. School
4、improvement programs. 3. Multiple intelligences. 4. Academic achievement. I. Title. LB1031.J632011 371.3904dc222011003124 ISBN: 9780313391538 EISBN: 9780313391545 15 14 13 12 111 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc- for details. Praeger An Imprint of
5、ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America Contents List of Tables and Figuresvii Prefaceix Acknowledgmentsxv 1Emergence, Growth, and Current Uses of Strengths-
6、Based Educational Systems1 2The Strengths Mindset: Understanding the Nature of Strengths31 3Brain Development, Emotion, and Learning63 4The Strengths-Based Schools Component 1: A Strengths-Building Pyramid97 5Component 2: Improving InstructionThe Academic Curriculum123 6Component 3: Caring and Empat
7、hic Classrooms149 7Component 4: Preventing Failure167 8Component 5: Increasing Home, School, and Community Partnerships187 9Assuring Teachers Understand Their Own Strengths203 10Creating and Communicating a Strengths-Based School Vision: Getting Involved225 Notes247 Index269 List of Tables and Figur
8、es Table 2.1: Summary of Defi cit and Strengths Mindset, 59 Table 2.2: The Strengths Mindset Questionnaire, 60 Table 4.1: The Strengths Checklist, 109 Figure 4.1: Strength Pyramid, 111 Table 5.1: Learning Strengths Chart, 137 Table 5.2: My Own Learning Strength Chart, 139 Table 5.3: Student Strength
9、s Chart, 145 Table 6.1: Student Strengths and Goals, 160 Table 6.2: Our Classroom Wall of Strengths, 161 Table 6.3: Morning Message, 163 Figure 8.1: Circle of Support, 192 Table 8.1: Mapping Community Assets and Strengths, 196 Table 8.2: Community Profi le, 197 Table 9.1: Teaching Strengths Checklis
10、t, 217 Table 9.2: My Teaching Strengths and Strategies, 220 Preface The strengths movement is gaining increasing momentum not only in American society but also throughout the world. The strengths phi- losophy recognizes the talents young people bring with them into the school learning environment, a
11、nd then it helps them to further develop and apply those strengths to new challenges. The strengths approach is in stark contrast to the defi cit approach to education, which is the current paradigm used in education. The defi cit para- digm concentrates on what is lacking in the student, as if focu
12、sing on what a student is lacking could somehow make him or her stronger or more academically capable. In contrast, the strengths approach looks for what is right in a studentwhat is working rather than what is not working. This approach in education requires an entire para- digm shiftfrom defi cit
13、to strengths. It may take some convincing to get educators to change from their defi cit educational paradigm because it has been in existence for so very long. Gallup asked this relevant question around the world: “Which would help you to be more successful in your life, knowing what your strengths
14、 are and attempting to build on your strengths or knowing what your weaknesses are and attempting to improve your weaknesses?” Most respondents in such countries as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan, and Chinavir- tually every country in Gallups studysaid they would choose
15、 to work on their weaknesses and try to make them better rather than to work on their strengths. Yet Gallups studies of the top achievers in the world have revealed that they focus on applying their strengths rather than on trying to improve their weaknesses. GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE BOOK There ar
16、e several principles upon which this book is based. The fi rst principle is that we learn and profi t more from using our strengths than we do from trying to fi x our weaknesses. We excel when we amplify, focus on, and develop our strengths. Fixing our weaknesses will only lead to a level of functional competency. The individuals who really succeed in lifeSteve Jobs, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Michael Jordan, and Sister Mary Teresadevelop and capitalize on their str
