Facilitating authentic learning, grades 6-12 : a framework for student-driven instruction
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Description
There's no doubt about it: the Common Core has us scrambling. With all the pressure to accelerate instruction, how can we possibly find the time to encourage students to do some serious thinking? For Laura Thomas, the answer couldn't be clearer: through constructivist, experiential teaching methods. In fact, constructivist teaching is the single-best way to nurture the higher-order thinking so central to the Common Core. Fusing the practical with the theoretical, Thomas offers a clear path for facilitating real understanding and real skill-building within a community of learners. Grade 6-12 teachers will learn how to: Plan learning experiences that teach content and process at the same time; Assess students' development of 21st-century skills; Coach students to do the hard work of authentic learning - without leaving them to flounder; Teach reflection techniques that help students process their experiences and learn from mistakes. Featuring easy-to-follow graphics, sample lessons, and tools from practicing teachers, Facilitating Authentic Learning is an immediately practical resource that both beginning and veteran teachers can put to work in their classrooms.
Department
Education
ISBN
9781452216485
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
Corwin Press
City
Thousand Oaks, CA
Keywords
active learning, secondary education
Disciplines
Education
Recommended Citation
Thomas, L. (2013). Facilitating authentic learning, grades 6-12 : a framework for student-driven instruction. https://aura.antioch.edu/facbooks/26