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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leithwood, Kenneth A.

ebrary, Inc.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical thinking--Study and teaching.

Critical thinking.

Curriculum planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 in five parts, this text systematically uncovers how to: Advance student learning using leading-edge 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 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.

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.

Notes:

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

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Teaching for deep understanding.

ISBN:

9781483364148

1483364143

Publisher Number:

99969372425

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.