Teaching for Deep Understanding
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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.
Contents
About the Editors
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Preface
Preface
Part 1: The Significance and Meaning of “Deep Understanding”
- 1. Deep Understanding for All Students: The Overriding Goal for Schooling
- 2. Reflections on Depth
- 3. The Starting Point: Constructivist Accounts of Learning
- 4. Understanding "Understanding": A Review of the Literature
Part 2: Teaching for Deep Understanding in the Disciplines
- 5. Mathematics
- 6. The Role of Literacy and Literature
- 7. Imagine … An Enlightening and Empowering Science and Technology Education
- 8. Understanding Technology
- 9. Deepening Understanding and Competence in Social Studies Teaching
- 10. Imagining Drama/Theatre and the Arts
Part 3: Teaching for Deep Understanding Across the Curriculum
- 11. Multiliteracies Pedagogy and the Role of Identity Texts
- 12. Teaching Wisdom Through Deep Critical Thinking and Development of Character
- 13. Technology for Understanding
- 14. Knowledge Building in Elementary Science
- 15. Classroom Assessment for Deep Understanding
Part 4: The Challenge of Teaching for Deep Understanding
- 16. What Teachers Think
Part 5: Enabling the Teaching of Deep Understanding
- 17. Conditions Which Influence Teaching for Understanding
- 18. The Importance of Partnerships to Support and Sustain Teaching for Deep Understanding
- 19. Teaching for Depth in Teacher Education
- 20. Summary and Recommendations
- References
- Index
Description
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.
Contents
About the Editors
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Preface
Preface
Part 1: The Significance and Meaning of “Deep Understanding”
- 1. Deep Understanding for All Students: The Overriding Goal for Schooling
- 2. Reflections on Depth
- 3. The Starting Point: Constructivist Accounts of Learning
- 4. Understanding "Understanding": A Review of the Literature
Part 2: Teaching for Deep Understanding in the Disciplines
- 5. Mathematics
- 6. The Role of Literacy and Literature
- 7. Imagine … An Enlightening and Empowering Science and Technology Education
- 8. Understanding Technology
- 9. Deepening Understanding and Competence in Social Studies Teaching
- 10. Imagining Drama/Theatre and the Arts
Part 3: Teaching for Deep Understanding Across the Curriculum
- 11. Multiliteracies Pedagogy and the Role of Identity Texts
- 12. Teaching Wisdom Through Deep Critical Thinking and Development of Character
- 13. Technology for Understanding
- 14. Knowledge Building in Elementary Science
- 15. Classroom Assessment for Deep Understanding
Part 4: The Challenge of Teaching for Deep Understanding
- 16. What Teachers Think
Part 5: Enabling the Teaching of Deep Understanding
- 17. Conditions Which Influence Teaching for Understanding
- 18. The Importance of Partnerships to Support and Sustain Teaching for Deep Understanding
- 19. Teaching for Depth in Teacher Education
- 20. Summary and Recommendations
- References
- Index
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Teaching for Deep Understanding
What Every Educator Should Know
April 2006 | 216 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412926966 | $42.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781483361970 | $39.00 |
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.
Table Of Contents:
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Part 1: The Significance and Meaning of “Deep Understanding”
- 1. Deep Understanding for All Students: The Overriding Goal for Schooling
- 2. Reflections on Depth
- 3. The Starting Point: Constructivist Accounts of Learning
- 4. Understanding "Understanding": A Review of the Literature
- Part 2: Teaching for Deep Understanding in the Disciplines
- 5. Mathematics
- 6. The Role of Literacy and Literature
- 7. Imagine … An Enlightening and Empowering Science and Technology Education
- 8. Understanding Technology
- 9. Deepening Understanding and Competence in Social Studies Teaching
- 10. Imagining Drama/Theatre and the Arts
- Part 3: Teaching for Deep Understanding Across the Curriculum
- 11. Multiliteracies Pedagogy and the Role of Identity Texts
- 12. Teaching Wisdom Through Deep Critical Thinking and Development of Character
- 13. Technology for Understanding
- 14. Knowledge Building in Elementary Science
- 15. Classroom Assessment for Deep Understanding
- Part 4: The Challenge of Teaching for Deep Understanding
- 16. What Teachers Think
- Part 5: Enabling the Teaching of Deep Understanding
- 17. Conditions Which Influence Teaching for Understanding
- 18. The Importance of Partnerships to Support and Sustain Teaching for Deep Understanding
- 19. Teaching for Depth in Teacher Education
- 20. Summary and Recommendations
- References
- Index