Understanding and Engaging Adolescents

Jeffrey Miller spent eight years teaching middle school in urban Los Angeles and four years designing student success programs at Santa Monica College. Currently, he teaches courses in educational psychology and classroom management at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Miller is the managing director of the Miller Consulting Group and provides consultation and professional development to schools within Los Angeles and across the country, where he delivers keynote addresses and facilitates schools through organizational change. He completed his PhD in 2001 with a focus on motivation and learning in adolescent classrooms.Peter Desberg is a professor of graduate education and coordinator of the Technology Based Education MA Program at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist. Desberg is the author of 20 books and is a frequent presenter and keynote speaker at national conventions. He was the host of "Introduction to Computers" on the Los Angeles Unified School District’s cable channel for ten years and has appeared on many television shows and been written up in many newspapers and magazines, including Psychology Today, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan and Reader’s Digest.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPart I. The Theory1. In the Beginning2. "This Is Stupid" or Why Adolescents Quit Trying3.The Classroom Management Toolkit4. What We Know About Learning5. What We Know About MotivationPart II. The Activities6. Maintaining Your Activity Level7. Teaching Them to Study8. Understanding Themselves Better9. Culture-Based Activities10. The Technology MismatchReferences

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