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Title Teaching for deep understanding : what every educator should know / Kenneth Leithwood [and others]
Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations
Contents The Significance and Meaning of Deep Understanding -- Deep Understanding for All Students: The Overriding Goal for Schooling / Kenneth Leithwood, Pat McAdie, Nina Bascia, Anne Rodrigue, and Shawn Moore -- Reflections on Depth / Carl Bereiter -- The Starting Point: Constructivist Accounts of Learning / Clive Beck and Clare Kosnik -- Understanding Understanding: A Review of the Literature / Sandra Folk -- Teaching for Deep Understanding in the Disciplines -- Mathematics / John Ross and Douglas McDougall -- The Role of Literacy and Literature / David Booth -- Imagine An Enlightening and Empowering Science and Technology Education / Larry Bencze -- Understanding Technology / Carl Bereiter -- Deepening Understanding and Competence in Social Studies / Mark Evans and Ian Hundey -- Imagining Drama/Theatre and the Arts / Kathleen Gallagher -- Teaching for Deep Understanding Across the Curriculum
Multiliteracies Pedagogy and the Role of Identity Texts Jim Cummins -- Teaching Wisdom Through Deep Critical Thinking and Development of Character / Michel Ferrari -- Technology for Understanding / Marlene Scardamalia -- Knowledge Building in Elementary Science / Richard Messina and Richard Reeve -- Classroom Assessment for Deep Understanding / Lorna Earl -- The Challenge of Teaching for Deep Understanding -- What Teachers Think / Pat McAdie -- Enabling the Teaching of Deep Understanding -- Conditions Which Influence Teaching for Understanding / Sandra Folk -- The Importance of Partnerships to Support and Sustain Teaching for Deep Understanding / Nina Bascia, Anne Rodrigue, and Shawn Moore -- Teaching for Depth in Teacher Education / Carol Rolheiser and Mark Evans -- Summary and Recommendations / Kenneth Leithwood, Pat McAdie, Anne Rodrigue, Shawn Moore, and Nina Bascia
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index
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Subject Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
Curriculum planning.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
Curriculum planning
Curriculumentwicklung
Kritisches Denken
Lernziel
Lògica.
Raonament.
Currículums (Ensenyament) -- Disseny.
Curriculum planning.
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching.
Form Electronic book
Author Leithwood, Kenneth A.
LC no. 2005034513
ISBN 9781483364148
1483364143
9781483361970
1483361977