Teaching Strategies for Active Learning - Tileston, Donna Walker

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Résumé :
Preface
Does the Strategy Follow Current Brain Research?
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Teaching in the 21st Century
Elements of the Strategic Learning Model
The Teacher's Role
2. Plugging In
Part 1 of the Model: Plugging In
Self-Efficacy as a Key to Motivation for Learning
Activities for Building a Sense of Community in the Classroom
Integrating Technology as a Tool for Building Community
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
3.Powering Up
Beginning With the Self-System of the Brain
Mind Jogs
Building Connections
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
4. Synthesizing
The Metacognitive System
Building Declarative Knowledge
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
5.Outsourcing
Concrete Models
Brainstorming Models
Thinking in Categories
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
6. Reflecting
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
Resources
Resource A: Sample Lesson Forms
Resource B: Blackline Masters
References
Index
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Biographie:
Preface
Does the Strategy Follow Current Brain Research?
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Teaching in the 21st Century
Elements of the Strategic Learning Model
The Teacher's Role
2. Plugging In
Part 1 of the Model: Plugging In
Self-Efficacy as a Key to Motivation for Learning
Activities for Building a Sense of Community in the Classroom
Integrating Technology as a Tool for Building Community
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
3.Powering Up
Beginning With the Self-System of the Brain
Mind Jogs
Building Connections
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
4. Synthesizing
The Metacognitive System
Building Declarative Knowledge
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
5.Outsourcing
Concrete Models
Brainstorming Models
Thinking in Categories
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
6. Reflecting
Summary
What Does the Research Say?
Resources
Resource A: Sample Lesson Forms
Resource B: Blackline Masters
References
Index
...

Sommaire:

Donna Walker Tileston is a veteran teacher and administrator. She is currently the president of Strategic Teaching and Learning, a consulting firm that provides services to schools throughout the United States and worldwide. Donna's publications include Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies (2000), which has been on Corwin?s bestseller list since its first year in print, in addition to the ten-volume award-winning series What Every Teacher Should Know, now in its second edition. Other recent titles are Teaching Strategies for Active Learning (2006), Teaching Strategies that Prepare Students for High Stakes Tests (2008), and Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap (2009). Donna received her BA from the University of North Texas, her MA from East Texas State University, and her EdD from Texas A & M University-Commerce. She may be reached at www.whateveryteachershouldknow.com