How can educators bridge the gap between "big" ideas about teaching students to think and educational practice? This book addresses this question by a unique combination of theory, field experience and elaborate educational research. Its basic idea is to look at science instruction with regard to two sets of explicit goals: one set refers to teaching science concepts and the second set refers to teaching higher order thinking.
This book tells about how thinking can be taught not only in the rare and unique conditions that are so typical of affluent experimental educational projects...
How can educators bridge the gap between "big" ideas about teaching students to think and educational practice? This book addresses this question b...
How can educators bridge the gap between "big" ideas about teaching students to think and educational practice? This book addresses this question by a unique combination of theory, field experience and elaborate educational research. Its basic idea is to look at science instruction with regard to two sets of explicit goals: one set refers to teaching science concepts and the second set refers to teaching higher order thinking.
This book tells about how thinking can be taught not only in the rare and unique conditions that are so typical of affluent experimental educational projects...
How can educators bridge the gap between "big" ideas about teaching students to think and educational practice? This book addresses this question b...
This open access book addresses the evasive problem of why truly effective educational innovation on a wide scale is so difficult to achieve, and what leaders may do about this.Examining the case of system-wide reform processes centering on teaching a thinking-rich curriculum, it discusses general issues pertaining to implementing deep, large-scale changes in the core of learning and instruction. The book emphasizes challenges related to professional development, assessment, achievement gaps, and the tension between knowledge and skills in 21stcentury curricula. It summarizes insights the...
This open access book addresses the evasive problem of why truly effective educational innovation on a wide scale is so difficult to achieve, and what...
This open access book addresses the evasive problem of why truly effective educational innovation on a wide scale is so difficult to achieve, and what leaders may do about this.Examining the case of system-wide reform processes centering on teaching a thinking-rich curriculum, it discusses general issues pertaining to implementing deep, large-scale changes in the core of learning and instruction. The book emphasizes challenges related to professional development, assessment, achievement gaps, and the tension between knowledge and skills in 21stcentury curricula. It summarizes insights the...
This open access book addresses the evasive problem of why truly effective educational innovation on a wide scale is so difficult to achieve, and what...
