Rita Platt Knihy

Creating a joyful classroom community is central to this book, where Rita Platt emphasizes fostering resilience and hard work among students. The author provides strategies to build students' sense of purpose, mastery, and autonomy, enabling them to take ownership of their learning. By cultivating a growth mindset, educators can inspire students to embrace challenges and persist in their efforts, ultimately leading to greater success in their educational journeys.

In this new book from Routledge and MiddleWeb, author Rita Platt shows how you can create a joyful classroom community in which students are determined to work hard, be resilient, and never give up. She describes how to help build students’ purpose, mastery, and autonomy, so they take ownership over their work and develop a growth mindset for success. Topics covered Each chapter includes practical tools, tips, and ideas that you can use immediately to develop these skills in students, so they find more joy and success in the learning process.