BUNDLE: Stern: Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary + Stern: On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer
1st Edition
Published on 3. February 2020
Book
978-1-0718-0654-8 (ISBN)
Description
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This bundle includes Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and the new On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer. Combined, this package becomes your go-to resource for content study and easy in-class implementation of concept-based teaching and learning transfer in your elementary classroom.
Harness natural curiosity for conceptual understanding!'
Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary
Young children are naturally curious, asking deep questions about complex concepts. This tendency is a talent that can be nurtured so that children grow to be deep thinkers and innovators later in life. However, in our complex world, it is impossible to teach students everything they need to know. Pushing more factual content ignores what we know about how children learn and endangers their love of learning. Concept-based teaching helps young learners uncover conceptual relationships in a way that is developmentally appropriate. Readers of this guide will learn:
* Why conceptual learning is a natural fit for children
* Strategies for introducing conceptual learning
* Instructional strategies to help students uncover and transfer concepts
* How to write lessons, assess understanding, and differentiate in a concept-based classroom
* How concept-based teaching aligns with best practices and initiatives
Written for educators who strive to cultivate conceptual understanding while honoring students' innate curiosity, this is a must-have road map for implementing concept-based teaching in elementary classrooms.
"This book provides the research and resources educators need to help students take ownership of their learning. It fosters students' curiosity about their environment and it allows them to explore and become life-long learners."
Ellen Asregadoo, Fifth Grade Teacher
Public School 190, Brooklyn, NY
The On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer
The goal of learning is to develop strong thinkers and problem-solvers who can apply what they have learned in the classroom to innovate in the real world. That's learning transfer. This On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer will help you break down the steps needed to implement this important strategy to engage and motivate your students and make your classroom relevant.
This On-Your-Feet Guide provides:
A step-by-step method for ensuring that learning transfer happens in your classroom
Guidance on how to identify the concepts in learning outcomes
Examples showing how to write concept questions to help students make their own connections between key concepts
Prompts to help students apply conceptual relationships to increasingly dissimilar contexts
Full of rich examples and ideas, this guide will make learning transfer a successful learning strategy in your classroom!
On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher.
Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.
Use the On-Your-Feet Guides
When you know the "what" but need help with the "how"
As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book
To learn how to implement foundational practices
When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself
This bundle includes Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and the new On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer. Combined, this package becomes your go-to resource for content study and easy in-class implementation of concept-based teaching and learning transfer in your elementary classroom.
Harness natural curiosity for conceptual understanding!'
Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary
Young children are naturally curious, asking deep questions about complex concepts. This tendency is a talent that can be nurtured so that children grow to be deep thinkers and innovators later in life. However, in our complex world, it is impossible to teach students everything they need to know. Pushing more factual content ignores what we know about how children learn and endangers their love of learning. Concept-based teaching helps young learners uncover conceptual relationships in a way that is developmentally appropriate. Readers of this guide will learn:
* Why conceptual learning is a natural fit for children
* Strategies for introducing conceptual learning
* Instructional strategies to help students uncover and transfer concepts
* How to write lessons, assess understanding, and differentiate in a concept-based classroom
* How concept-based teaching aligns with best practices and initiatives
Written for educators who strive to cultivate conceptual understanding while honoring students' innate curiosity, this is a must-have road map for implementing concept-based teaching in elementary classrooms.
"This book provides the research and resources educators need to help students take ownership of their learning. It fosters students' curiosity about their environment and it allows them to explore and become life-long learners."
Ellen Asregadoo, Fifth Grade Teacher
Public School 190, Brooklyn, NY
The On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer
The goal of learning is to develop strong thinkers and problem-solvers who can apply what they have learned in the classroom to innovate in the real world. That's learning transfer. This On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer will help you break down the steps needed to implement this important strategy to engage and motivate your students and make your classroom relevant.
This On-Your-Feet Guide provides:
A step-by-step method for ensuring that learning transfer happens in your classroom
Guidance on how to identify the concepts in learning outcomes
Examples showing how to write concept questions to help students make their own connections between key concepts
Prompts to help students apply conceptual relationships to increasingly dissimilar contexts
Full of rich examples and ideas, this guide will make learning transfer a successful learning strategy in your classroom!
On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher.
Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.
Use the On-Your-Feet Guides
When you know the "what" but need help with the "how"
As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book
To learn how to implement foundational practices
When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
517 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0718-0654-8 (9781071806548)
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Julie Stern is the best-selling author of Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and Secondary, Visible Learning for Social Studies, and Learning That Transfers. She is the thought leader behind the global workshop series Making Sense of Learning Transfer, and is a certified trainer in Visible Learning Plus. Her passion is synthesizing the best of education research into practical tools that support educators in breaking free of the industrial model of schooling and moving toward teaching and learning that promotes sustainability, equity, and well-being. She is a James Madison Constitutional Fellow and taught social studies for many years in Washington, DC and her native Louisiana. Julie moves internationally every few years with her husband, a US diplomat, and her two young sons. Her website is www.edtosavetheworld.com.
Krista Ferraro is a history teacher and department head at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts. Her passions include civic education, social justice, and preparing students for effective global citizenship. Previously, she served as Deputy Director of Public Policy and Curriculum Innovation at Chavez Schools in Washington, DC, where she also taught history and public policy courses. Her published works include the bestselling Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and Secondary. Krista holds bachelor's degrees in American Studies and Spanish from Cornell University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from American University. She is also an alumna of Teach for America.
Julia Briggs lives and works as a teacher in an international school in Bogota, Colombia. She teaches Science and Chemistry and is the Head of IB Chemistry at Colegio Anglo Colombiano where she also works with departments and individual teachers as a coach and certified trainer of H. Lynn Erickson and Lois Lanning's Concept Based Curriculum and Instruction. She is passionate about supporting teachers develop their practice so that students may deepen their conceptual understanding of the world to be authentically prepared for the future. Before moving to Colombia Julia worked as a science teacher in the UK. She has a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a PGCE in science from the University of Bristol, England.
Krista Ferraro is a history teacher and department head at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts. Her passions include civic education, social justice, and preparing students for effective global citizenship. Previously, she served as Deputy Director of Public Policy and Curriculum Innovation at Chavez Schools in Washington, DC, where she also taught history and public policy courses. Her published works include the bestselling Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and Secondary. Krista holds bachelor's degrees in American Studies and Spanish from Cornell University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from American University. She is also an alumna of Teach for America.
Julia Briggs lives and works as a teacher in an international school in Bogota, Colombia. She teaches Science and Chemistry and is the Head of IB Chemistry at Colegio Anglo Colombiano where she also works with departments and individual teachers as a coach and certified trainer of H. Lynn Erickson and Lois Lanning's Concept Based Curriculum and Instruction. She is passionate about supporting teachers develop their practice so that students may deepen their conceptual understanding of the world to be authentically prepared for the future. Before moving to Colombia Julia worked as a science teacher in the UK. She has a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a PGCE in science from the University of Bristol, England.