{"product_id":"making-the-grade-a-self-worth-perspective-on-motivation-and-school-reform-hardback-9780521342612","title":"Making the Grade; A Self-Worth Perspective on Motivation and School Reform (Hardback) 9780521342612","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking the Grade\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Self-Worth Perspective on Motivation and School Reform\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnalyzes educational implications derived from self-worth theory in reference to current educational dilemmas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartin V. Covington (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521342612, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 April 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages, 11 b\/w illus.  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.2 x 16 x 2.6 cm, 0.723 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'An extensive and thoughtful conversation about achievement behaviour (motivation). It is a book that is hard to put down if one is seriously inquiring into the topic.' Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAchievement behaviour in schools can best be understood in terms of attempts by students to maintain a positive self-image. For many students, trying hard is frightening because a combination of effort and failure implies low ability, which is often equated with worthlessness. Thus many students described as unmotivated are in actuality highly motivated - not to learn, but to avoid failure. Students have a variety of techniques for avoiding failure, ranging from cheating to setting low goals which are easily achieved. In Making the Grade, Martin Covington extracts powerful educational implications from self-worth theory and other contemporary views of motivation that will be useful for everyone concerned with the educational dilemmas we face. He provides a comprehensive, insightful review of research and theory, both contemporary and historical, on the topic of achievement motivation, and arranges this knowledge in ways that lead to imminently practical recommendations for restructuring schools.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Future and its Discontents: Prospects for building the future\u003cbr\u003e The failure to learn: A motivational analysis\u003cbr\u003e A moral tale\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Motives as Emotions: Need achievement\u003cbr\u003e The model: B = M x P x I\u003cbr\u003e Analysis and critique\u003cbr\u003e Further educational implications\u003cbr\u003e Part III.  Motives as thoughts: Cognitions versus emotions\u003cbr\u003e Analysis and critique\u003cbr\u003e Educational implications\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Self-Worth and the Fear of Failure: Self-worth theory of achievement motivation\u003cbr\u003e An arsenal of excuses\u003cbr\u003e Motivated cognitions and coping\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Achievement Anxiety: A brief history\u003cbr\u003e Integration\u003cbr\u003e Reducing anxiety\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Competitive Learning Game: The structure of learning\u003cbr\u003e Scarcity of rewards\u003cbr\u003e Competition and minorities\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Motivational Equity and the Will to Learn: The problem\u003cbr\u003e Solutions\u003cbr\u003e Global gambit\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. Strategic Thinking and the Will to Learn: What is thinking?\u003cbr\u003e The evidence\u003cbr\u003e Strategic problems\u003cbr\u003e Problem discovery\u003cbr\u003e The transfer of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e Analysis and conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Part IX. An Immodest Proposal: Serious games\u003cbr\u003e Playing school\u003cbr\u003e Schools and jobs\u003cbr\u003e Prospects and conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Part X. Obstacles to Change: The myths of competition\u003cbr\u003e If not competition, then what?\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Educational psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Educational psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Educational%20psychology%20%5BJNC%5D%22\"\u003eJNC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007106928920,"sku":"9780521342612","price":56.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521342612_9c1754e3-d933-4ee1-a920-b5bcfa61693e.gif?v=1691375476","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-the-grade-a-self-worth-perspective-on-motivation-and-school-reform-hardback-9780521342612","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}