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July 3, 2025
Building Classroom Success: Eliminating Academic Fear and Failure
- Author
- Martin, Andrew
- Publisher
- Continuum International Publishing Group, New York
- ISBN
- 9781847065605
- Table of Contents
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About the Author
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Part 1 Achievement Evolution in the Classroom
ch. 1 Achievement in the 21st Century
Part 2 Success in the Classroom
ch. 2 Success Seekers
Part 3 Fear and Failure in the Classroom
ch. 3 Fear, Failure, and Self-Esteem
ch. 4 Self-Esteem Protection
ch. 5 Self-handicapping
ch. 6 Defensive Pessimism and Defensive Optimism
ch. 7 Disengagement and Helplessness
ch. 8 Overstriving and Perfectionism
ch. 9 Fear of Success and Success Avoidance
Part 4 Building Classroom Success, Eliminating Academic Fear and Failure
ch. 10 Courageous and Constructive Views of Poor Performance
ch. 11 Developing Broadly-based Self-esteem
ch. 12 Effectively dealing with competition
ch. 13 Reducing Avoidance and Increasing Success Orientation
ch. 14 Developing Healthy Views of Competence
ch. 15 Developing Rock-solid Self-esteem
ch. 16 Running Your Own Race
ch. 17 Seizing Control
ch. 18 Empowering Beliefs about Cause and Effect
ch. 19 Teacher Tip Wrap-up
ch. 20 Good Teacher-Student Relationships
Conclusion
Recommended reading
Index
School has the potential to be a major source of personal and academic fulfillment. However, the reality is that fear and failure pervade many students' academic lives. Rather than respond to these fears in constructive and courageous ways, many students engage in self-defeating, avoidant and helpless behaviours.
This book examines the counterproductive strategies students use in schools today, and suggests successful practices educators can adopt to eliminate fear and failure in the classroom and help students respond to their problematic behaviours in more positive and productive ways. Through building student success, educators build classroom success. (From the Publisher)
This book examines the counterproductive strategies students use in schools today, and suggests successful practices educators can adopt to eliminate fear and failure in the classroom and help students respond to their problematic behaviours in more positive and productive ways. Through building student success, educators build classroom success. (From the Publisher)