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9781412926959

Teaching for Deep Understanding : What Every Educator Should Know

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    9781412926959

  • ISBN10:

    1412926955

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-05-09
  • Publisher: Corwin Pr

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Summary

This well-researched resource draws on the collaborative work between researchers and school practitioners to offer teaching strategies that promote deep understanding and higher-order thinking in students.

Table of Contents

About the Editors vii
About the Contributors viii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xii
Part I: The Significance and Meaning of ``Deep Understanding''
1(30)
Deep Understanding for All Students: The Overriding Goal for Schooling
3(8)
Kenneth Leithwood
Pat McAdie
Nina Bascia
Anne Rodrigue
Shawn Moore
Reflections on Depth
11(6)
Carl Bereiter
The Starting Point: Constructivist Accounts of Learning
17(9)
Clive Beck
Clare Kosnik
Understanding Understanding: A Review of the Literature
26(5)
Sandra Folk
Part II: Teaching for Deep Understanding in the Disciplines
31(52)
Mathematics
33(7)
John A. Ross
Douglas E. McDougall
The Role of Literacy and Literature
40(9)
David Booth
Imagine . . . An Enlightening and Empowering Science and Technology Education
49(9)
Larry Bencze
Understanding Technology
58(5)
Carl Bereiter
Deepening Understanding and Competence in Social Studies Teaching
63(10)
Mark Evans
Ian Hundey
Imagining Drama/Theater and the Arts
73(10)
Kathleen Gallagher
Part III: Teaching for Deep Understanding Across the Curriculum
83(40)
Multiliteracies Pedagogy and the Role of Identity Texts
85(9)
Jim Cummins
Teaching Wisdom Through Deep Critical Thinking and Development of Character
94(9)
Michel Ferrari
Technology for Understanding
103(7)
Marlene Scardamalia
Knowledge Building in Elementary Science
110(6)
Richard Messina
Richard Reeve
Classroom Assessment for Deep Understanding
116(7)
Lorna M. Earl
Part IV: The Challenge of Teaching for Deep Understanding
123(24)
What Teachers Think
125(22)
Pat McAdie
Part V: Enabling the Teaching for Deep Understanding
147(40)
Conditions That Influence Teaching for Understanding
149(4)
Sandra Folk
The Importance of Partnerships to Support and Sustain Teaching for Deep Understanding
153(12)
Nina Bascia
Anne Rodrigue
Shawn Moore
Teaching for Depth in Teacher Education
165(10)
Carol Rolheiser
Mark Evans
Summary and Recommendations
175(12)
Kenneth Leithwood
Pat McAdie
Nina Bascia
Anne Rodrigue
Shawn Moore
References 187(10)
Index 197

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