Teaching for Transfer:A Guide for Designing Leaing with Real-World Application (a Guide to Instructional Strategies That Build Transferable Skills in K-12 Students)

by: Michael McDowell (Author)

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Edition: Illustrated

Publication Date: 2020/7/28

Language: English

Print Length: 192 pages

ISBN-10: 1949539938

ISBN-13: 9781949539936

Book Description

Empower students to become creative, well-rounded citizens who are prepared to meet and overcome real-world challenges. With Teaching for Transfer, you ll discover a road map for reconfiguring K-12 classroom instruction to ensure leaers can expertly apply their knowledge and skills to new contexts. The resource includes ample practices and protocols you can begin using today to cultivate essential transfer-level skills in students.Use this resource to introduce students to varied perspectives and instances of perplexity:Study the three levels of complexity:(1) surface, (2) deep, and (3) transfer.Understand how foundational knowledge and skills can be leveraged to create transfer-level leaing experiences and increase student engagement and problem-solving skills.Lea specific teaching strategies and protocols for incorporating perspective and perplexity in the classroom to mimic real-world challenges.Use end-of-chapter reflection questions individually and collaboratively, with other teachers, to build students' transferable skills.Contents:Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Author Foreword by Jay McTighe Introduction Chapter 1:Laying Foundations:Building Surface-and-Deep Networks Chapter 2:Moving Beyond Foundations:Building Transfer Networks Chapter 3:Introducing Change in the Leaing Experience:Leveraging Perspective and Perplexity Chapter 4:Engaging Students in Transfer-Level Leaing Chapter 5:Integrating Transfer Into Our Teaching and Leaing Practices Epilogue Afterword by Tammy Heflebower Appendix A:Resources for Foundational Leaing Appendix B:Resources for Transfer-Network Development Appendix C:Resources for Engagement in Transfer-Level Work References and Resources Index v

About the Author

Empower students to become creative, well-rounded citizens who are prepared to meet and overcome real-world challenges. With Teaching for Transfer, you ll discover a road map for reconfiguring K-12 classroom instruction to ensure leaers can expertly apply their knowledge and skills to new contexts. The resource includes ample practices and protocols you can begin using today to cultivate essential transfer-level skills in students.Use this resource to introduce students to varied perspectives and instances of perplexity:Study the three levels of complexity:(1) surface, (2) deep, and (3) transfer.Understand how foundational knowledge and skills can be leveraged to create transfer-level leaing experiences and increase student engagement and problem-solving skills.Lea specific teaching strategies and protocols for incorporating perspective and perplexity in the classroom to mimic real-world challenges.Use end-of-chapter reflection questions individually and collaboratively, with other teachers, to build students' transferable skills.Contents:Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Author Foreword by Jay McTighe Introduction Chapter 1:Laying Foundations:Building Surface-and-Deep Networks Chapter 2:Moving Beyond Foundations:Building Transfer Networks Chapter 3:Introducing Change in the Leaing Experience:Leveraging Perspective and Perplexity Chapter 4:Engaging Students in Transfer-Level Leaing Chapter 5:Integrating Transfer Into Our Teaching and Leaing Practices Epilogue Afterword by Tammy Heflebower Appendix A:Resources for Foundational Leaing Appendix B:Resources for Transfer-Network Development Appendix C:Resources for Engagement in Transfer-Level Work References and Resources Index v