Leaing That Lasts:Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction

by: Ron Berger (Author),Libby Woodfin(Author),Anne Vilen(Author),Jal Mehta(Foreword)&1more

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2016/4/5

Language: English

Print Length: 432 pages

ISBN-10: 1119253454

ISBN-13: 9781119253457

Book Description

A practical guide to deeper instruction―a framework for challenging, engaging, and empowering students of all agesFor schools to meet ambitious new standards and prepare all students for college, careers, and life, research has shown unequivocally that nothing is more important that the quality of daily instruction. Leaing That Lasts presents a new vision for classroom instruction that sharpens and deepens the quality of lessons in all subject areas. It is the opposite of a 'teacher-proof' solution. Instead, it is predicated on a model of instruction that honors teachers as creative and expert planners of leaing experiences for their students and who wish to continuously grow in their instructional and content knowledge. It is not a theoretical vision. It is a model of instruction refined in some of the nation's most successful public schools―schools that are beating the odds to create remarkable achievement―sited primarily in urban and rural low-income communities. Using case studies and examples of powerful leaing at all grade levels and in all disciplines, Leaing That Lasts is a guide to creating classrooms that promote deeper understanding, higher order thinking, and student independence. Through text and companion videos, readers will enter inspiring classrooms where students go beyond basics to become innovators, collaborators, and creators. Leaing That Lasts embraces a three-dimensional view of student achievement that includes mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality work. It is a guide for teachers who wish to make leaing more meaningful, memorable, and connected to life, and inspire students to do more than they think possible.

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A practical guide to deeper instruction―a framework for challenging, engaging, and empowering students of all agesFor schools to meet ambitious new standards and prepare all students for college, careers, and life, research has shown unequivocally that nothing is more important that the quality of daily instruction. Leaing That Lasts presents a new vision for classroom instruction that sharpens and deepens the quality of lessons in all subject areas. It is the opposite of a 'teacher-proof' solution. Instead, it is predicated on a model of instruction that honors teachers as creative and expert planners of leaing experiences for their students and who wish to continuously grow in their instructional and content knowledge. It is not a theoretical vision. It is a model of instruction refined in some of the nation's most successful public schools―schools that are beating the odds to create remarkable achievement―sited primarily in urban and rural low-income communities. Using case studies and examples of powerful leaing at all grade levels and in all disciplines, Leaing That Lasts is a guide to creating classrooms that promote deeper understanding, higher order thinking, and student independence. Through text and companion videos, readers will enter inspiring classrooms where students go beyond basics to become innovators, collaborators, and creators. Leaing That Lasts embraces a three-dimensional view of student achievement that includes mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality work. It is a guide for teachers who wish to make leaing more meaningful, memorable, and connected to life, and inspire students to do more than they think possible.