Developing Tenacity. Teaching Lerners How to Persevere

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Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer's Developing Tenacity: Teaching learners how to persevere in the face of difficulty is a powerful call to action and a practical handbook for all teachers who want to stimulate and strengthen their pupils' learning tenacity. The UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility recently proposed the adoption by schools of specific interventions in the areas of resilience and character; meanwhile, across the Atlantic, an end-of-high-school 'score' for grit is also being considered in the USA. In line with this growing consensus, an increasing body of evidence suggests that cultivating these competencies is key to success both in school and in later life. In Developing Tenacity, the second instalment in the Pedagogy for a Changing World series, Lucas and Spencer show educators how. Delving beyond 'grit' and 'growth mindset', and encompassing more than the formal curriculum, Developing Tenacity draws on the co-authors' research at the University of... Contents include:Series Introduction: Capabilities and PedagogyChapter 1: TenacityChapter 2: Cultivating TenacityChapter 3: Getting GoingChapter 4: Going DeeperChapter 5: Promising PracticesChapter 6: Signs of SuccessChapter 7: Tenacity Challenges