School Smarts : The Four Cs of Academic Success

by Burke, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780325006321
• ISBN10: 0325006326
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-16
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

What effective learners do to succeed in school and how you can help all of your students achieve similar results.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
A Personal Prologue: The Student I Was, the Student I Became, the Teacher I Am	ix
Introduction---Understanding Academic Success	1	(32)
The Country Called School	1	(3)
Academic Demands	4	(2)
Demystifying School Success	6	(3)
Pursuing and Experiencing Academic Success	9	(4)
Evolving Notions of Literacy	13	(5)
Teaching Academic Success	18	(7)
The Four Cs of Academic Success	25	(8)
The Four Cs of Academic Success	33	(5)
Personal Perspective	33	(5)
Commitment	38	(20)
Commitment: What It Is	39	(9)
What Factors Affect Commitment?	48	(10)
Content	58	(23)
Content: What It Is	60	(13)
What Factors Affect Content?	73	(8)
Competencies	81	(26)
Competencies: What They Are	84	(17)
What Factors Affect Competencies?	101	(6)
Capacity	107	(19)
Capacity: What It Is	115	(4)
What Factors Affect Capacity?	119	(7)
A Practical Postscript---The Four Cs In Action	126	(17)
Commitment	126	(7)
Content	133	(5)
Competencies	138	(1)
Capacity	139	(4)
Appendices	143	(14)
A Works Cited	143	(7)
B Executive Summary from Academic Literacy: A Statement of Competencies	150	(7)
Index	157