Resilience Education

By Joel H. Brown, Bonnie Benard, Marianne D'Emidio-Caston, et al.

Book Overview

"This is a helpful book whose prescriptions can bring a transformation in the way that you think, feel, and act in the educational environment and can strengthen our belief in the power and promise of students themselves."
Dennis Saleebey, Professor
School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

"Highly recommended for educators and social services professionals who work with youth."
Randy Kroeker
Associate Professor, Counseling Services
University of Winnipeg

"Bravo to the authors A refreshing look at asset building that can lead to learners utilizing more of their own personal resources in the learning process."
Lynn Jones, Professor
Iowa State University

Help your students turn crisis into opportunity

Resilience Education

looks at how young people who struggle with life′s worst conditions somehow manage to overcome adversity . . . and through this close examination, the authors are able to identify the significant factors that contribute to these youths′ amazing resilience.

Among the discoveries you′ll find in this book:

Information and decision-making skills students need to make good decisions in the face of adversity Learning strategies and teaching strategies that facilitate student acquisition of good decision-making skills Vignettes and specific examples of what a resilient youth looks like Real-world portraits of school communities that support resilience Specific guidance for creating conditions for resilience in the classroom

In this practical and insightful work, educational researchers, Joel H. Brown, Marianne D′Emidio-Caston, and Bonnie Benard, offer a set of principles and practical applications for educators who work with youth, offering unique and powerful tools that can make a difference in young people′s lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761976264
• ISBN13: 9780761976264
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

A must for teacher training programs!

The Resilience Education model is an extremely important strategy for teachers and students in today's standards-based, outcome-oriented educational system. For democracy to continue and thrive, we must open the eyes of our students to the complexities of the world. In order to do that, we must open our eyes to the complexities, needs, and strengths of our students. Resilience Education emphasizes that educators should also be learners. Through the practice of Participation, Observation, and Reflection, we can transform our classrooms to better suit the needs of our students, as well as ourselves. I look forward to continuing my Resilience Education and applying these concepts to my students, colleagues, and student teachers. Tony Monahan Student Teacher Coordinator Dept. of Kinesiology University of Rhode Island

Help for Every Student in School and Life

As an educator I have often been saddened by students in my classes that seem to fall short of success in school and/or life. Reading this book has helped to give me a completely different perspective on just how to promote the well being of every student in personally exemplifying the model of resilience. The specific examples and exercises given for each piece of the PORT -able model allows for greater understanding of concepts as well as generating positive ideas for classroom use. The PORT -able model is a superb model and I am anxious to practice what I have learned in anticipation of the changes that will be visible with my students and myself as we learn that little something extra to help us build life-long interpersonal resources for success.

Resilience Education: Rethinking How We Educate

This is a book for all practitioners and members of the community. It centers on classroom transformation and teacher-student and student-student empowerment. The stories of resilience caused me to reflect on my own educational experience as a 2nd language acquisition learner. I have several memories of teachers and mentors who played significant roles in helping me develop a positive sense of self which contributed to my educational success.First, the book challenges readers to re-examine the risk orientation associated with educational policies and programs. Terms such as "at risk" and "high risk students" are indicators often used to label students from underachieving schools and economically disadvantaged communities. The risk approach focuses its lens on the "at risk" labeling of youths for some type of failure and in essence detracts from where the real problems may lie (i.e. pedagogical practices in school). Second, it offers readers to consider the alternative of risk orientation - resilience education. Resilience education is a "paradigmatic" shift from a banking concept of education towards a developmental approach that focuses on learners' strengths. Lastly, beyond the discussion on the theory and research on resilience education, the book moves into the practice of it. The PORT-able approach to resilience education discussed in details looks at how educating through participation, observation, reflection and transformation is brought to life. It offers a look at life in classrooms where both the teacher and student are learning and developing with one another. Engaged activities, authentic learning and experiences flourish in healthy, democratic classrooms. An incredibly easy, informative and insightful read. Highly Recommended.

These folks really "get it!"

Instead of focusing on "resilience factors as the flip side of risk factors" this is an intelligent presentation of resilience education as pedagogy. The authors present a clear description of resilience education and its applications in the classroom and other settings. Additionally, this work truly is research-based. There are far too many other presentations of resilience education that are based on poorly conducted research designed to "prove" the theory instead of "test" it. Finally, I think this book is appropriate to a reader with no familiarity with the subject; as well as to readers well-versed in resilience education who might be looking for a place where theory and practice are brought together in a cohesive, practical, and thoughtful way.