7 Strategies for Developing Capable Students: Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful

by H. Stephen Glenn and Michael L. Brock

A Proven Program That Helps Every Child Succeed The number one goal of every parent and educator is to help children become successful adults. To achieve this goal children must learn self-discipline, responsibility, and judgment-the very same principles that help them become good students. But how do we teach such essential concepts in today's complex and temptation-filled world? Nationally acclaimed educators H. Stephen Glenn and Michael L. Brock...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761513566
• ISBN13: 9780761513568
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Prima Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

I highly recommend this book to all parents & teachers! Packed with real-world savvy advice!

For some strange reasons, I am always attracted by books with the magical number `7' (seven) in the titles or sub-titles. Remarkably, they often turn out to be great stuff. Some of these books have already been reviewed here & there are more to come. Partly, my obsession with the number has probably to do with my impressionable exposure since I was a kid. When I was twelve in the early 60's, my first `blood-thirsty' movie was the Japanese cult classic, The Seven Samurais, which reportedly inspired the Hollywood epic, The Magnificent Seven. Both movies became my perennial favourites & I have seen them countless times. In both movies, a ragtag group of fearless fighters helped a poor village to deal with & outsmart a gang of marauding rogues. In this book, the magical `7' (seven) takes on a more serious & sober stance. It refers to the critical attributes that are embodied in the seven resources & skills necessary for your kids/teens to become capable - responsible, respectful, & resourceful - in dealing with today's complex world. Firstly, let me reveal the author's Significant Seven resources & skills of capable students: - strong perceptions of personal capabilities; - strong perceptions of personal significance; - strong perceptions of personal influence; - strong interpersonal skills; - strong intrapersonal skills; - strong systemic skills; - strong judgment skills; I have always hold the view that understanding perception is the key to peak performance. Maxwell Maltz started the ball rolling by coining the term as `psycho-cybernetics', even though ancient masters in the East have known about it for a very long time. Edward de Bono, the guru of lateral thinking, calls it 'First Order Thinking'. Steven Covey relates some insightful anecdotes about perception in his `7 Habits for Highly Effective People.' Joel Arthur Barker, a process futurist/consultant, considers perceptual understanding as one of five strategic tools necessary for navigating your future. Other consultants, like Mark Brown, Philip Kirby, to name a few, have talked at length about the intricacies of perception & their impact on personal as well as business (or organizational) performance. In the field of stress management, the research people at Institute of HeartMath, creator of the cutting-edge Freeze-Framer Technology, have linked `stress' to `perception'. Even in the world of esoteric practices, Harry Palmer, creator of the expensive Avatar training program, thinks along the same lines, as far as reality creation is concerned. Henceforth, it is exciting for me to note that these two authors have drawn an excellent & compelling parallel in the academic arena. I fully concur with the authors that, in the case of our children, strong perceptions of one's personal capabilities, personal significance & personal influence are the precursors to building one's strong assets in dealing with a world that is hurtling at us with breakneck speed, & com

Killer Tools!

Just when you thought you knew everything about teaching; along comes another book claiming to do it better.Well, this little book packs a punch so powerful that you might well be forced to re-evaluate your thinking and un-learn some ineffective habits and replace them with some of the recommendations offered by H. Stephen Glenn and Michael L. Brock.Even if you have been teaching for some time, these ideas are fresh and simple enough to begin applying during your next lesson. Even though the advice is geared towards the parent, it can and should be thoroughly studied by teachers of all levels from Primary to University. An awareness of the comparative stages of mental ability and emotional development will enable the teacher to identify and adapt the appropriate approach needed.The book is not long on theory, it cuts straight to the heart of the matters discussed with practical and concrete recommendations.For example, a anxious and impatient parent at a Parent-Teacher Orientation meeting, wanting to know the single most effective thing they can do to promote their child's lifelong success in education, is promptly told:"Sit down to dinner with the television off every evening for 30-45 minutes".So, at least for me, its "Back to the Drawing Board"; time to clean the mental attic again on the road to becoming a better teacher.Thank you, H. Stephen Glenn and Michael L. Brock for sharing your ideas.

Principles that are easy to understand and apply

This book helps you focus on the long term outcome. It answers the question "What do you really want for your children 20 years from now?" And leads you to everyday practices that you can implement to get to that point. Good, poignant stories that help you see with your heart as well as your head. Practical proactive advice that will help you to parent in a way that feels good to you and to your child. For those parents who are looking for an alternative to the shame and blame route. I highly recommend it!

7 Strategies for Developing Capable* Students

This well written book is both powerful and inspirational. A must read for every parent wanting to do the best job in raising responsible, respectful and resourceful children in today's society.

7 Strategies for Developing Capable Students

What a fabulous book. It has helped me in so many ways with my three children. Very easy and entertaining reading. I've recommended this book to all my friends and even to the teachers and administrators at my children's school.