Book Overview

The book maps out a transformative framework to support educators in nurturing young people''s academic and socioemotional development, ultimately contributing to a restorative approach to equitable education. This involves educators making a paradigm shift to a strengths-based educational philosophy that emphasizes these strategies:

•      Employ strengths-based teaching-learning practices to build teacher-student connections that improve student learning.

•      Cultivate self-regulated learning to support academic engagement and performance.

•      Tap into youths'' cognitive abilities using the multiple intelligences approach to accelerate learning.

•      Foster resilient learners to support their academic success.

•      Build educators'' capacity to collaborate with a community of teacher learners who will make a strengths-based teaching

      paradigm happen.

•      Build teachers'' ability to engage in ongoing reflection to support their implementation of strengths-based teaching and

      learning practices.