TY - BOOK AU - Jones-Smith,Elsie TI - Spotlighting the strengths of every single student: why U.S. schools need a new, strengths-based approach SN - 9780313391538 AV - LB1031 J76 S 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Santa Barbara, Calif. PB - Praeger KW - Individualized instruction KW - School improvement programs KW - Multiple intelligences KW - Academic achievement N1 - Emergence, growth and current uses of strengths-based educational systems -- The strengths mindset: understanding the nature of strengths -- Brain development, emotion, and learning -- The strengths-based school's component 1: a strengths-building pyramid -- Component 2: improving instruction, the academic curriculum -- Component 3: caring and empathic classrooms -- Component 4: preventing failure -- Component 5: increasing home, school, and community partnerships -- Assuring teachers understand their own strengths -- Creating and communicating a strengths-based school vision: getting involved; HKBU library; YT2025 M09 ER -