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Delta Theory and Psychosocial Systems

The Practice of Influence and Change

By: Roland G. Tharp

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Delta Theory and Psychosocial Systems

The Practice of Influence and Change

By: Roland G. Tharp

Delta Theory establishes the foundation for a true scientific applied psychology, a theory of how human influence induces change in others. Delta Theory is unified and universal, applying to all cultures, historical periods and goals for change. It integrates concepts and research from psychology, sociology, anthropology, evolution theory, philosophy, psychoneurology, cognitive science and cultural-historical-activity theory. Yet Delta Theory is clear, economical and elegant, with a full exposition of tactics for its practices. Rich examples are drawn from professional practices, but also from the creation and operations of criminals, healing ceremonies of indigenous peoples, and cross-species comparisons. This book ultimately seeks to describe how influence works, how it could be improved and how it can be resisted.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139505297

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9781139505291

Rousing Minds to Life

Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context

By: Roland G. Tharp,Ronald Gallimore

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Rousing Minds to Life

Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context

By: Roland G. Tharp,Ronald Gallimore

Addressing widespread discontent with contemporary schooling, Roland Tharp and Ronald Gallimore develop a unified theory of education and offer a prescription: the reconstitution of schools as 'educating societies'. Drawing on studies from the family nursery through the university seminar, and on their own successful experiences with thousands of students over two decades, their theory is firmly based in a culture-sensitive devellopmental psychology but seeks to integrate all the recent work in the Vygotskian tradition with basic concepts in cognitive science, anthropology, and sociolinguistics. One of the authors' primary resources is the Kamehameha Elementary Education Program (KEEP), generally regarded as the world's outstanding research and development program for elementary schooling.

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344

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Cambridge University Press

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052140603X

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9780521406031

Teaching Transformed

Achieving Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion, And Harmony

By: Roland Tharp,Peggy Estrada,Stephanie Dalton,Lois Yamauchi

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Teaching Transformed

Achieving Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion, And Harmony

By: Roland Tharp,Peggy Estrada,Stephanie Dalton,Lois Yamauchi

The social organization of teaching and learning, particularly in classrooms, has not yet been recognized as a foundational element of education. However, social constructionist views of human development, cognition, and schooling, as well as the increasing challenges of cultural and linguistic diversity, make it a vital concern for teachers, researchers, and policymakers. This book introduces the concept of educational social organization, assembles the pertinent theory and evidence, and suggests future directions for training and policy. }The four goals of school reform--academic excellence, fairness, inclusion and harmony--can be achieved simultaneously, by transforming the final common pathway of all school reform--instructional activity. Teaching Transformed is a new vision for classrooms, based on consensus research findings and unified practice prescriptions, explained and justified by new developments in sociocultural theory, and clarified by an explicit five-phase developmental guide for achieving that transformation. Teaching Transformed is both visionary and practical, both theoretical and data-driven, and determined to create effective education for all students. Professional educators, parents, and any reader concerned with saving our schools will find this book necessary to understand our current plight, and to envision a realistic means of transformation.

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289

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Routledge

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0429965494

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9780429965494

Teaching Transformed

Achieving Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion, And Harmony

By: Roland Tharp,Peggy Estrada,Stephanie Dalton,Lois Yamauchi

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Achieving Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion, And Harmony

By: Roland Tharp,Peggy Estrada,Stephanie Dalton,Lois Yamauchi

All school reformers are trying for better schooling; but all are not marching to the same drum. Four goals-- Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion and Harmony-- are emphasized by different groups. Are the four goals competing ideas of the good, so that national political debates must result in prioritizing, in winners and losers? Tharp, Estrada, Dalton, and Yamauchi demonstrate that the four goals can all be achieved, simultaneously and maximally, by classrooms of a new vision.All school reform has one final common pathway -- instructional activity. Whatever the specific reform, from policy or finance to teacher preparation, none will have any effect on student development except as it operates through the teaching-and-learning activities of classrooms. Teaching Transformed is a new vision for classrooms, based on consensus research findings and unified practice prescriptions, explained and justified by new developments in sociocultural theory, and clarified by an explicit five-phase developmental guide for achieving that transformation. In the spirit of Rousing Minds to Life, Teaching Transformed is both visionary and practical, both theoretical and data-driven, and determined to create effective education for all students. Professional educators, parents, policy makers, and any reader concerned with saving our schools will find this book necessary to understand our current plight, and to envision a realistic means of transformation.

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Westview Press

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0813322693

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Delta Theory and Psychosocial Systems

Delta Theory and Psychosocial Systems

Rousing Minds to Life

Rousing Minds to Life

Teaching Transformed

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