Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to Classroom Practice

ISBN-13: 9780807763773 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 210 str.

Donna Wilson; Marcus Conyers; Robert Calfee

Spis treści

• Foreword by Robert Calfee  ix
• Acknowledgments  xi
• Preface xiii
• Introduction 1
• Teacher Education and Professional Development: Preparing, Developing, and Supporting Teachers by Providing Them with a Firm Foundation 1
• Teachers as Learners: Enhancing Mindsets and Methods 4
• Five Big Ideas from Research to Application 5
• Prologue: Challenges and Opportunities in 21st Century Schooling 9
• In Support of a Gold Standard for Educational Professionals: Teachers as Adaptive Experts and Lifelong Learners 11
• Challenges in the Current System of Teacher Education and Schooling 12
• Tools for Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century 14
• Brain, Plasticity, Potential, and Intelligence 15
• The Body-Brain System 17
• Metacognition 19
• The Challenges of Teaching Today 21
• Opportunities Knock for Lifelong Learners 24
• Connecting the Science of Learning to the Art of Teaching 27
• 1. Big Idea 1: Implications of Neural Plasticity for Learning and Teaching 28
• Understanding the Science of Neural Plasticity 30
• Brain Development Over the Life Span 33
• Plasticity Research and the Classroom 37
• From Research to Classroom Practice: Plasticity in Action 41
• What's the Big Idea? 45
• 2. Big Idea 2: Recognizing Human Potential 48
• Misunderstanding Potential: The Fixed Mindset 50
• Defining Potential in the Classroom 51
• Teacher Expectations About Their Students' Learning Potential 54
• Educational Leadership: Beyond the Classroom 59
• From Research to Classroom Practice: Guiding Students to Actualize Their Learning Potential 61
• What's the Big Idea? 62
• 3. Big Idea 3: Understanding Intelligence 65
• Conceptions of Intelligence 68
• Dynamic, Changeable Intelligence 73
• Malleable Intelligence, Growth Mindsets, and Student Learning 73
• Malleable Intelligence, Motivation, and Effort  75
• Rehearsal: Talent vs. Deliberate Practice 79
• Using Formative Assessment for Intelligence-Building 81
• Educational Leadership: Beyond the Classroom 82
• From Research to Classroom Practice: Intelligence and a Growth Mindset for 21st Century Success 82
• What's the Big Idea? 89
• 4. Big Idea 4: The Body-Brain System at Work for Learning 92
• Social and Emotional Learning 93
• Modeling and Teaching Practical Optimism 97
• Managing Stress 99
• Stronger Bodies, Sharper Minds 100
• The Search for Causal Connections 103
• High-Octane Fuel for Learning 105
• Preparing for Learning with a Good Night's Sleep 107
• From Research to Classroom Practice: Putting the Body-Brain System to Work 108
• What's the Big Idea?  111
• 5. Big Idea 5: Metacognition as a Path to Becoming Functionally Smarter 115
• Metacognition Through the Ages 116
• Thinking About Thinking: Two Layers of Learning 117
• Connecting Metacognition and Executive Function 119
• Teaching and Facilitating the Use of Cognitive Strategies 121
• Connecting Cognitive Strategies to Current Rigorous Standards 123
• Gathering Information 124
• Exploring and Elaborating 128
• Communicating What You Have Learned 134
• Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies by Example 138
• A Metacognitive Approach to Social and Emotional Learning 140
• From Research to Classroom Practice: Learning by Teaching and Reflecting on Your Professional Practice 144
• What's the Big Idea? 145
• 6. Teaching, Learning, and Neuroeducation Myth Busting 148
• Becoming an "Apprentice" of Effective Education 149
• There Is More to 21st Century Education Than the 3 Rs—A Lot More 150
• You Can Get Better at Almost Anything If You Set Your Mind to It 152
• Your Brain Is a Learning Muscle—Build It 153
• Early Intensive Reading Instruction Can Open New Worlds 154
• The Little Engine That Could Had the Right Idea 155
• Don't Forget: You Can Remember 157
• Support Physical Activity to Support Learning 160
• Your Role as a Myth Buster 161
• 7. Your Journey of Learning and Teaching 162
• The Importance of Learning Together 163
• Connecting with a Worldwide Professional Learning Community  170
• The Joy of Informal Learning 172
• Rising to the Hope and Challenges of Your Professional Practice 173
• References 176
• Index 196
• About the Authors 209