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Teaching for deep understanding : what every educator should know / Kenneth Leithwood [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2006.Description: xii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1412926955
  • 9781412926959
  • 1412926963
  • 9781412926966
Subject(s):
Contents:
The Significance and Meaning of Deep Understanding -- Deep Understanding for All Students: The Overriding Goal for Schooling / Kenneth Leithwood, Pat McAdie, Nina Bascia, Anne Rodrigue, and Shawn Moore -- Reflections on Depth / Carl Bereiter -- The Starting Point: Constructivist Accounts of Learning / Clive Beck and Clare Kosnik -- Understanding Understanding: A Review of the Literature / Sandra Folk -- Teaching for Deep Understanding in the Disciplines -- Mathematics / John Ross and Douglas McDougall -- The Role of Literacy and Literature / David Booth -- Imagine An Enlightening and Empowering Science and Technology Education / Larry Bencze -- Understanding Technology / Carl Bereiter -- Deepening Understanding and Competence in Social Studies / Mark Evans and Ian Hundey -- Imagining Drama/Theatre and the Arts / Kathleen Gallagher -- Teaching for Deep Understanding Across the Curriculum.
Multiliteracies Pedagogy and the Role of Identity Texts Jim Cummins -- Teaching Wisdom Through Deep Critical Thinking and Development of Character / Michel Ferrari -- Technology for Understanding / Marlene Scardamalia -- Knowledge Building in Elementary Science / Richard Messina and Richard Reeve -- Classroom Assessment for Deep Understanding / Lorna Earl -- The Challenge of Teaching for Deep Understanding -- What Teachers Think / Pat McAdie -- Enabling the Teaching of Deep Understanding -- Conditions Which Influence Teaching for Understanding / Sandra Folk -- The Importance of Partnerships to Support and Sustain Teaching for Deep Understanding / Nina Bascia, Anne Rodrigue, and Shawn Moore -- Teaching for Depth in Teacher Education / Carol Rolheiser and Mark Evans -- Summary and Recommendations / Kenneth Leithwood, Pat McAdie, Anne Rodrigue, Shawn Moore, and Nina Bascia.
Summary: This timely and accessible resource reveals how rethinking school curriculum and teaching for deep understanding can help students take control of their own learning. Organized in five parts, this text systematically uncovers how to: Advance student learning with research on powerful forms of instruction; foster metacognition in students and encourage them to take control of their own learning; extend learning from academic thinking to real-world application; learn how to instill a culture of deep understanding among students while still meeting specific achievement standards. Based on collaborative study and synergy between researchers and school practitioners--Teaching for Deep Understanding offers their combined advice on rethinking curriculum, specifically how to "teach for deep understanding."
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 371.39 T253 Available 33111009223419
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Empower students to reach new levels of thinking through teaching for deep understanding! How do teachers successfully bridge the chasm between large numbers of very specific educational standards and deep understanding of important ideas? This well-researched text is based on the collaborative work between researchers and school practitioners to help answer this fundamental question. The authors have drawn from the most up-to-date research to help teachers, curriculum developers, and school leaders discover how to implement and promote learner-centered, quality teaching strategies that encourage students′ understanding. Organized into five parts, this text systematically uncovers how to:

Advance student learning using leading-edge research on powerful forms of instruction Foster metacogniton in students and encourage them to take control of their own learning Extend learning from academic thinking to real-world application across all disciplines Learn how to instill a culture of deep understanding among students while still meeting specific achievement standards found in most district and state curricula

This timely and accessible resource reveals how rethinking school curriculum and teaching for deeper knowledge transfer can help students take control of their own learning.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.

The Significance and Meaning of Deep Understanding -- Deep Understanding for All Students: The Overriding Goal for Schooling / Kenneth Leithwood, Pat McAdie, Nina Bascia, Anne Rodrigue, and Shawn Moore -- Reflections on Depth / Carl Bereiter -- The Starting Point: Constructivist Accounts of Learning / Clive Beck and Clare Kosnik -- Understanding Understanding: A Review of the Literature / Sandra Folk -- Teaching for Deep Understanding in the Disciplines -- Mathematics / John Ross and Douglas McDougall -- The Role of Literacy and Literature / David Booth -- Imagine An Enlightening and Empowering Science and Technology Education / Larry Bencze -- Understanding Technology / Carl Bereiter -- Deepening Understanding and Competence in Social Studies / Mark Evans and Ian Hundey -- Imagining Drama/Theatre and the Arts / Kathleen Gallagher -- Teaching for Deep Understanding Across the Curriculum.

Multiliteracies Pedagogy and the Role of Identity Texts Jim Cummins -- Teaching Wisdom Through Deep Critical Thinking and Development of Character / Michel Ferrari -- Technology for Understanding / Marlene Scardamalia -- Knowledge Building in Elementary Science / Richard Messina and Richard Reeve -- Classroom Assessment for Deep Understanding / Lorna Earl -- The Challenge of Teaching for Deep Understanding -- What Teachers Think / Pat McAdie -- Enabling the Teaching of Deep Understanding -- Conditions Which Influence Teaching for Understanding / Sandra Folk -- The Importance of Partnerships to Support and Sustain Teaching for Deep Understanding / Nina Bascia, Anne Rodrigue, and Shawn Moore -- Teaching for Depth in Teacher Education / Carol Rolheiser and Mark Evans -- Summary and Recommendations / Kenneth Leithwood, Pat McAdie, Anne Rodrigue, Shawn Moore, and Nina Bascia.

This timely and accessible resource reveals how rethinking school curriculum and teaching for deep understanding can help students take control of their own learning. Organized in five parts, this text systematically uncovers how to: Advance student learning with research on powerful forms of instruction; foster metacognition in students and encourage them to take control of their own learning; extend learning from academic thinking to real-world application; learn how to instill a culture of deep understanding among students while still meeting specific achievement standards. Based on collaborative study and synergy between researchers and school practitioners--Teaching for Deep Understanding offers their combined advice on rethinking curriculum, specifically how to "teach for deep understanding."

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