Engaged Learning - Vandeweghe, Richard

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Résumé :
Based on the idea of flow-a state of intrinsic control, curiosity, interest, and inquiry-this book provides strategies for encouraging students to become motivated, engaged learners.

Biographie:

Richard VanDeWeghe is an associate professor of English at the University of Colorado Denver. He has taught middle school and high school, he has been a faculty member at two universities, and he is a field director for the National Writing Project. He has directed two sites of the National Writing Project...

Sommaire:
Foreword by Richard Sterling
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I. Flow, Minds, and Hearts
1. Engagement as Flow
Engagement
Engagement as Flow
The Conditions of Flow
2. Engaged Brains
#1: Brains Search for Meaning
Looking for Meaningful Patterns
Constructing Personal Theories
Paying Attention in Personally Significant Ways
#2: Emotions Drive Brains in Learning
#3: Engaged Brains Engender Mind-Body States
3. Engaged Hearts
#1: Mindfulness
#2: Unity
#3: Compassion
4. Engagement and Instructional Practice
Decisions About Engaged Learning
Brain Decisions
Heart Decisions
Flow State Decisions
A Way of Thinking
Part II. Teaching for Engaged Learning
5. Modeling Engaged Learning
Teacher Modeling
Modeling Habits of Mind and Heart
Modeling Work Habits
Thinking
Writing
Reading
History Class Revisited
6. Using Words That Support Engaged Learning
Talking About Learning
Noticing and Naming
Identity
Agency
Generalizing
Knowing
Democratic Learning Community
Talking About Intelligence
Fixed Intelligence
Malleable Intelligence
Talking About Intelligence
Intelligence Praise
Science Class Revisited
7. Using Discussions to Engage Learners
Engaging Ideas
Engaging Questions
Engaging Silence
The Dynamics of Engaging Discussion
Biology I Revisited
8. Supporting Engaged Readers
Engaged Reading
Trinal (Three-Part) Approaches to Reading
Before-Reading Comprehension Strategies
During-Reading Comprehension Strategies
After-Reading Comprehension Strategies
Carmen and School Reading
9. Supporting Engaged Writers
Engaged Writing
Purposes for Writing
Audiences for Writing
Forms of Engaged Writing
Teachers Respond to Engaged Writing
Courtney and School Writing
10. Promoting Engagement Through Memory Pathways
Memory Pathways
Semantic Pathways
Episodic Pathways
Procedural Pathways
Emotional Pathways
Spatial Pathways
Multiple Memory Pathways
Engaged Remembering in Ms. Gonzales? Classroom
Afterword: Lingering Questions
What About Assessment?
What About Classroom Research?
What About Study Groups?
What Now?
References
Index