The Unbound Classroom

Miro, Chelsea

ISBN 10: 1930583427 / ISBN 13: 9781930583429

Published by CAST, Inc., 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Unbound Classroom
• Publisher: CAST, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1930583427
• ISBN 13: 9781930583429
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In The Unbound Classoom, educator Chelsea Miro invites readers to "imagine a classroom that empowers every student to pursue their interests, to travel the paths of their curiosity, to allow learning to be a natural process." But what does this look like, sound like, and feel like? How can teachers design their classrooms and lessons to bring this vision to reality?

Drawing on the inclusive principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), The Unbound Classroom strives to create a real-world experience for students by removing disciplinary boundaries and allowing for thematic learning to take the lead. Rather than focus on a singular driving question, units cover a wide variety of relevant questions and ideas centered on the real-world study of a theme. With this strategy, students find the mode that is most engaging for them, and then allow their curiosity to guide their focus.

UDL helps teachers think about the varying ways students learn and address that variability before each and every lesson. Integrating the UDL guidelines with cross-disciplinary, thematic units, results in a classroom that is ready to support the growth, curiosity, and insight of every student.

By focusing on a central theme rather than a singular driving question, Miro's Unbound Classroom also becomes highly flexible. Teachers can develop a few lessons that integrate the disciplines and use the foundational approach or they can commit to an all-encompassing unit. The focus is on thinking outside the structures of the disciplines - math, science, English, history - and instead thinking about how to best learn all the facets of a particular topic, how to create rich, deep learning opportunities.

In this stimulating and thought-provoking book, Miro walks through each step of creating a robust thematic unit but also includes shorter lessons, activities and strategies that teachers can take to their classrooms immediately.

About the Author

Chelsea Miro is the founder of the tutoring consultancy Chelsea Miro Educators. She is also a K-12 learning specialist and former elementary school educator. She holds two degrees from Brown University, including the Master of Arts in Teaching. Chelsea recently published her first book, The Unbound Classroom, a guide to creating cross-disciplinary, thematic units in the elementary classroom.