Schooling for Life by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks
If you believe that schools can go beyond test scores and standards to foster students' understanding of subjects, then here's a book that will renew your commitment to meaningful teaching and learning.
Using classroom observations and keen insights from research, one of education's foremost thinkers on constructivism explains
- Why lessons and courses should involve students in answering challenging questions, resolving contradictions, and solving intriguing problems.
- How focusing classroom instruction on big ideas develops student understanding as well as essential skills.
- How replacing typical school approaches with a community of learners model will lead to higher achievement for more learners.
- Why attempts to simplify schooling tend to subvert the goal of educating students for real life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780871206589 |
| ISBN 10 | 0871206587 |
| Title | Schooling for Life |
| Author | Jacqueline Grennon Brooks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development |
| Year published | 2002-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 155 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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