Craft a personal blueprint for teaching that ensures student learning stands as the foundation of your classroom. Drawing on research from the field, reflections from teachers, and the authors' professional experience, Teachers as Architects of Learning guides educators in building their wisdom around the art of teaching. Find new and better ways to plan, implement, discuss, question, model, and more.
Use this resource to help students apply their existing knowledge most purposefully to new learning opportunities:
- Gain a deeper understanding of the learning process through an extensive overview of key learning theories and their practical applications.
- Discover how a focus on learning rather than teaching benefits students.
- Explore twelve learning constructs, and learn ways of incorporating them into a learning-centered classroom.
- Reflect on teaching strategies, and develop more mindful approaches to class modeling, both in individual and collaborative group contexts.
- Examine the importance of students' investment in their own learning process, and create an environment in which students find more motivation, agency, and mindfulness in their learning.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Questioning
Chapter 3: Self-Assessment: Reflection and Feedback
Chapter 4: Observing and Listening
Chapter 5: Explicit Instruction
Chapter 6: Modeling and Exemplars
Chapter 7: Support and Safety
Chapter 8: Time
Chapter 9: Expectation
Chapter 10: Lifeworlds
Chapter 11: Desire
Chapter 12: Resources
Chapter 13: Existing Knowledge
Appendix
References and Resources
Index
Gavin Grift has extensive experience as a teacher, assistant principal, and educational coach, and his passion, commitment, and style have made him an in-demand presenter of keynotes, seminars, and in-school support days. As a speaker, Gavin connects with national and international audiences on professional learning communities, teacher leadership, Cognitive Coaching, and teachers as architects of learning.
Gavin is the coauthor of numerous articles and books, including Transformative Talk: Cognitive Coaches Share Their Stories, Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools, and Transformative Collaboration. He also revised Learning by Doing with Colin Sloper for an Australian context.
Clare Major is a psychologist, educator, and researcher, currently teaching at the University of Melbourne and consulting with schools across Australia. With twenty-nine years of experience in education as a teacher, school leader, and regional and state adviser, Clare combines her passion and expertise in learning and human behavior to build potent leadership potential in others.
