Confronting the Crisis of Engagement

Stop apathy in its tracks with the 5' C's of engagement Learning loss and disenchantment with school are real. Students and staff alike need to relearn what it's like to be a community. In this daring book, Doug Reeves, Doug Fisher, and Nancy Frey leave no stone unturned in their quest to find the teaching, learning and leadership practices most conducive to cultivating competence and can-do mindset. Best of all, they arrange every practical idea (and every routine they give you permission to quit!) into a powerful framework they call the Five C's of Engagement: Connections -- feeling known, valued, and tethered to others Conditions -- being able to learn in a stable environment in which expectations are high Challenge -- engaging in an endeavor knowing your high jumps in terms of intellectual and creative risks will be supported Control -- the privilege of learning with a balance between ownership and support Collaboration -- deepening one's knowledge and identity as a learner by being skillful at relationship-building