Using Understanding by Design in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom by Amy J Heineke
How can today's teachers, whose classrooms are more culturally and linguistically diverse than ever before, ensure that their students achieve at high levels? How can they design units and lessons that support English learners in language development and content learningsimultaneously? Authors Amy Heineke and Jay McTighe provide the answers by adding a lens on language to the widely used Understanding by Design framework (UbD framework) for curriculum design, which emphasizes teaching for understanding, not rote memorization.Readers will learn
* the components of the UbD framework;
* the fundamentals of language and language development;
* how to use diversity as a valuable resource for instruction by gathering information about students' background knowledge from home, community, and school;
* how to design units and lessons that integrate language development with content learning in the form of essential knowledge and skills; and
* how to assess in ways that enable language learners to reveal their academic knowledge.
Student profiles, real-life classroom scenarios, and sample units and lessons provide compelling examples of how teachers in all grade levels and content areas use the UbD framework in their culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. Combining these practical examples with findings from an extensive research base, the authors deliver a useful and authoritative guide for reaching the overarching goal: ensuring that all students have equitable access to high-quality curriculum and instruction.
Jay McTighe has a plethora of expertise in education, having worked as the director of the Maryland Assessment Consortium, a group of school districts that collaborates to produce and disseminate formative performance evaluations. He also assisted in the implementation of standards-based reforms at the Maryland State Department of Education, where he led the creation of the Instructional Framework, a multimedia database on teaching, and coordinated statewide efforts to establish instructional techniques, curriculum models, and assessment procedures aimed at enhancing student thinking quality. Jay has also worked as a classroom teacher, resource specialist, and program coordinator. McTighe has coauthored more than a dozen books with Grant Wiggins, including the Understanding by Design(R) series, and has authored several papers. He is a frequent workshop and conference speaker who has given talks all around the world.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781416626121 |
| ISBN 10 | 1416626123 |
| Title | Using Understanding by Design in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom |
| Author | Amy J Heineke |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development |
| Year published | 2018-07-30 |
| Number of pages | 298 |
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