The pedagogy of confidence : inspiring high intellectual performance in urban schools - Jackson, Yvette (New York : Teachers College Press, 2011)
The need to believe -- The continued drama of disregarded realities -- Other disregarded realities: obscured learning barriers -- Divining intelligence: the transformative theory and practice of Reuven Feuerstein -- Back to gifted land: extraordinary learning growth requires extraordinary teacher -- The high operational practices of the pedagogy of confidence -- The art of applying the high operational practices -- Namaste: the essence of the pedagogy of confidence -- Inspiring the pedagogy of confidence -- Mediative structures -- Waiting to excel: from belief, practices, and structures to the pedagogy of confidence.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-182) and index.
Keywords: Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States; City children -- Education -- United States; Achievement motivation -- United States