Multicultural Initiatives: Will Smith Talks About His "Secret to Success"

What's this blog about?

I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Will Smith Talks About His "Secret to Success"

HARD WORK!

Believing in yourself is about self-esteem. Putting in effective effort, hard work, and the time is about self-efficacy. For more details, see this website http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/siegle/selfefficacy/section0.html. This material was created for the Increasing Academic Achievement Study conducted by The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) at the University of Connecticut. The NRC/GT developed five intervention strategies, and this intervention on Self-Efficacy was one of them. Throughout this website we will alternate between "he" and "she" when referring to a student to avoid gender inequity. This website contains background information and specific strategies that educators can use to increase their students' self-efficacy. This self-efficacy material was developed by Dr. Del Siegle at the Neag Center for Gifted Education at the University of Connecticut. It may not be reproduced or distributed beyond this website.

Student-made video that defines and models "self-efficacy."