Teaching Students to Work Harder and Enjoy It Practice Makes Permanent [Paperback]

In this three-book series John Jensen provides educators with strategies for helping students to 'master learning with great pleasure.' ?This goal is a truly worthy one since students experiencing mastery and pleasure is the exception in Americas schools and school systems. Jensens philosophy for transforming childrens educational experiences is powerful and his aim to help teachers help their students to achieve remarkable learning outcomes provides readers with a compelling view of what teaching and learning can be.John Jensen has penned a volume that offers a practical path to serving students better. With an admirable focus on the value of practice and the virtue of disciplined effort, he offers advice that educators and parents would do well to heed.?In my opinion, the importance of practice in all aspects of education has been unfairly vilified by many so-called experts in education over the last decade or so. To deny the importance of what these 'experts' call 'drill & kill' in learning any new concept or skill just proves that they are truly NOT experts at how children or anyone learns. John Jensen captures this important and gives helpful practical ways to use practice in learning.Dr. Jensen has an anticipatory view of what education should look like. He sees the weakness of our current education system, and has analyzed it to develop a system that will produce results. He has an ability to asses a variety of students and professionals, and implement his ideas to create a system of best practices. I saw this ability first hand when we worked together at Starshine Academy in Phoenix, Arizona. The ideas are simple, and the implementation is not difficult. It will simply take believing in it. And by reading Jensen's series, or simply by speaking with Dr. Jensen or seeing him interact with students, one will easily be convinced that his methods will be successful if implemented correctly.Dr. Jensen is a life-long friend.?Beginning with our high school dlS'