
Rx for the Common Core
Toolkit for Implementing Inquiry Learning
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Publisher)
Published on 22. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-61069-545-9 (ISBN)
Description
Providing clear explanations of inquiry-based learning in the light of the Common Core, this book is a practical and graphical guide that will serve as a much-needed primer for librarians and educators.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are putting educators under pressure to examine what works and what doesn't. Even with the best efforts, integrating new strategies into daily practice in the classroom or library can be frustrating. This book will help. Providing a professional development toolkit that trains school librarians and teachers and enables them to train others, it presents a sequence of scaffolded essential questions that results in a customized blueprint for effective teaching. The book assembles background building blocks for inquiry and the Common Core, illustrates and connects key concepts on how to introduce inquiry-based learning, and provides effective tools for igniting the Common Core through inquiry-based learning methods. Developed from the crucible of six years of professional development to real-world audiences with deep experience in teaching and school librarianship, this book makes implementing inquiry learning and embracing the Common Core easier for classroom teachers and school librarians who understand the value of these teaching methods but are unsure of the best way to implement them.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are putting educators under pressure to examine what works and what doesn't. Even with the best efforts, integrating new strategies into daily practice in the classroom or library can be frustrating. This book will help. Providing a professional development toolkit that trains school librarians and teachers and enables them to train others, it presents a sequence of scaffolded essential questions that results in a customized blueprint for effective teaching. The book assembles background building blocks for inquiry and the Common Core, illustrates and connects key concepts on how to introduce inquiry-based learning, and provides effective tools for igniting the Common Core through inquiry-based learning methods. Developed from the crucible of six years of professional development to real-world audiences with deep experience in teaching and school librarianship, this book makes implementing inquiry learning and embracing the Common Core easier for classroom teachers and school librarians who understand the value of these teaching methods but are unsure of the best way to implement them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61069-545-9 (9781610695459)
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Persons
Mary Boyd Ratzer is a 37-year veteran teacher and school librarian at the Shenendehowa Central Schools, Clifton Park, NY.
Paige Jaeger, MLIS, is a library administrator serving 84 school libraries in upstate New York.
Paige Jaeger, MLIS, is a library administrator serving 84 school libraries in upstate New York.
Content
CONTENTS
Prologue
Introduction: What is the Purpose of this Book?
Chapter 1: Inquiry Basics
Chapter 2: Inquiry in Action
Chapter 3: Inquiry and the Common Core
Chapter 4: Engagement
Chapter 5: Thinking and Questioning
Chapter 6: Synthesis
Chapter 7: Assessment
Appendix
Prologue
Introduction: What is the Purpose of this Book?
Chapter 1: Inquiry Basics
Chapter 2: Inquiry in Action
Chapter 3: Inquiry and the Common Core
Chapter 4: Engagement
Chapter 5: Thinking and Questioning
Chapter 6: Synthesis
Chapter 7: Assessment
Appendix