Connected Teaching: Helping Students Make Positive Choices. Educator's Resource Guide

摘要

The Connected Teaching project came about because of concerns shared by the three project partners Cable in the Classroom, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)about the alarming number of kids using alcohol and drugs. After a substantial decline throughout the 1980s, drug use among youth has been on the rise since 1991, according to the Monitoring the Future study (Johnston, OMalley, & Bachman, 1997). Poor academic performance and low educational aspiration have also been shown to be associated with drug use (Newcomb & Felix-Ortiz, 1992). As teachers on the front lines, you can put faces on these statistics. The good news is that, with good resources and strong support, educators can help reverse this disturbing trend.