Powerful understanding : helping students explore, question, and transform their thinking about themselves and the world around them / Adrienne Gear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gear, Adrienne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social skills--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Social skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Markham, Ontario, Canada : Pembroke Publishers Limited, [2018]

Summary:

In these challenging times, teaching children to think critically and reflectively AND be compassionate, responsible and caring citizens at the same time is a tall order. Powerful Understanding explores effective ways to build social emotional skills and help students make connections, question what they read, and reflect on their learning as they develop into stronger readers and learners. Strategic and critical thinking strategies revolve around core anchor books that help integrate thinking into everything you teach-from social responsibility, to immigration, to life cycles. This highly readable book includes a wealth of classroom examples and extensive hands-on activities designed to help students to think more deeply, learn more widely, and develop a more powerful understanding of what it means to be a responsible and compassionate person.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 The Components of Powerful Understanding

Developing Powerful Thinkers

A Model for Powerful Understanding

Introducing the Powerful Understanding Model

Social-Emotional Learning

Deepening Our Understanding of Self, Others, and the World

Anchor Books

How to Use This Book

2 Lessons on Understanding Self

Introducing the Theme

My Name

Celebrate Me!

My Family

My Cultural Heritage

Family Traditions and Celebrations

Grandparents and Elders

Personal Preferences

My Feelings

My Fears and Worries

My Moral Compass

My Hopes and Dreams

My Unique Self

Developing a More Powerful Understanding of Self

Expanded Projects to Show Developed Understanding of Self

3 Lessons on Understanding Others

Friendship

The Friendship Fix

Being Friendly

Inclusion

Diversity

Kindness

My Social Footprint

Empathy

Community

Developing a More Powerful Understanding of Others

Expanded Projects to Show Developed Understanding of Others

4 Lessons on Understanding the World

Global Citizenship

Global Justice

Global Education

Peace

Global Footprint

Privilege and Poverty

Developing a More Powerful Understanding of the World

Expanded Projects to Show Developed Understanding of the World

Final Thoughts

Acknowledgments

Professional Resources

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781551389295

1551389290