Deeper Learning: Beyond 21st Century Skills (Leading Edge) (Solutions) - Hardcover

Anthology

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1936763354 ISBN 13: 9781936763351

Publisher: Leading Edge, 2014

Synopsis

Part of the Leading Edge series

WINNER OF THE 2016 IPPY AWARD--BRONZE MEDAL IN EDUCATION (COMMENTARY/THEORY) Education authorities from around the globe explore deeper learning, a process that promotes higher-order thinking, reasoning, and problem solving to better educate students and prepare them for college and careers. Relying on research as well as their own experience, the authors show how to use intensive curriculum, instruction, assessment, and leadership practices to meet the needs of 21st century learners.

Benefits:

• Discover the vital importance of deeper learning to students' future success.
• Effectively prepare teachers for deeper learning in the classroom.
• Successfully promote deeper learning with technology.
• Explore ways to foster students' creativity, problem solving, and sense of entrepreneurship.
• Accurately and effectively assess for deeper learning.

Contents:
Foreword: Beyond the Rhetoric
Introduction: Advancing a New Agenda

Part I: How Does Deeper Learning Look and Sound?
Chapter 1: Deeper Learning for Students Requires Deeper Learning for Educators
Chapter 2: Dispositions: Critical Pathways for Deeper Learning
Chapter 3: Paradigm Shift: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students
Chapter 4: Powering Up Learning With PBL Plus Technology
Chapter 5: Developing Teachers for Deeper Learning

Part II: What Will Drive the Shift?
Chapter 6: The Worst of Times, The Best of Times
Chapter 7: Road Maps to Deeper Learning
Chapter 8: 21st Century Curriculum: A Global Imperative
Chapter 9: Assessment Systems for Deeper Learning

Part III: What Lessons Will Work?
Chapter 10: Breakthrough Learning
Chapter 11: All or Nothing: A Deeper Learning Experience
Chapter 12: Ears to the Ground: School Leadership in the New Millennium
Chapter 13: The Pivotal Role of the District
Chapter 14: Levers for Change: The Role of the States

About this title

About the Author

The Editor

James A. Bellanca is nationally recognized as a practical 21st century skills and deeper learning innovator who provides educators with the how-to knowledge to make project- and problem-based learning ready to go on the next school day. He is a senior fellow with the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and editor of their innovative online P21Blogazine. He is the 2013 recipient of the Malcolm Knowles Award for lifetime contribution to the field of self-directed learning from the International Society for Self-Directed Learning.

With his extensive experience as a classroom English and language arts teacher, alternative school director, professional developer, intermediate service center director, business owner, and not-for-profit executive, Jim has developed expertise for transforming mandates, such as the Common Core State Standards, into practical classroom tools that enrich instruction and engage students.

He is executive director of the Illinois Consortium for 21st Century Schools and lead trainer for Mind Quest: Project-Based Learning in the 21st Century Classroom, which helps schools with large English learner populations and children of color/poverty adopt the Project-Based Learning model of instruction.

Jim has worked with educational leaders in Chicago, Los Angeles, Cleveland, New York, Illinois, West Virginia, New Jersey, Michigan, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, and Israel. His specialty is the application of group investigation and inquiry models of learning as the primary methods for assisting school leaders and teachers adopt 21st century models of instruction. His aim is to assist school districts to design, implement, and assess programs that promote 21st century skills to increase academic performance among all children, including high-risk student populations.

Review

"We cannot prepare some students for the past and others for the future. Together, the chapters in this book provide the research, theory, and practical experience that undergird the educational demands for the 21st century. It is a must-read for practitioners, policymakers, parents, students, and everyone in between."

--Ace Parsi, Project Director for Deeper Learning, National Association of State Boards of Education

"To get from where we are to where we need to be, every part of our work must be transformed not changed, but completely transformed. This is the book for those of us in the midst of this critical transformation. I need 150 copies yesterday."

--Sandra J. Dop, Director of the Competency-Based Education Collaborative, Iowa Department of Education

Edition details

• Publisher: Leading Edge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1936763354
• ISBN 13: 9781936763351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: James A. Bellanca