Book Review

by MiddleWeb · 04/16/2015

Awaken the Learner: Finding the Source of Effective Education  By Darrell Scott and Robert J. Marzano Reviewed by Laura Von Staden

http://www.middleweb.com/21248/

A short excerpt:

“….Each of the authors have written a section. The first part, written by Scott, focuses on his work with Rachel’s Challenge, which he founded after his daughter’s death at Columbine High School in 1999. His goal is to reach students’ hearts, heads and hands, and awaken them to their role in the world. Scott discusses the human need for security, identity and belonging, which are further addressed by Marzano in part two of the book…..

He describes the self-system concept, metacognitive theory, and self-efficacy, and provides strategies to teach the cognitive skills, metacognition, and an understanding of how humans process information to generate conclusions and make decisions – most of which are made “on auto-pilot” based on individual biases. Sharing these ideas and understandings with students allows them to make better decisions, based on asking themselves key questions as they work through the process of choice….”