Teaching for Deep Understanding : What Every Educator Should Know

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ISBN: 9781412926966 | 1412926963
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Copyright: 4/28/2006

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This well-researched resource draws on the collaborative work between researchers and school practitioners to offer teaching strategies that promote deep understanding and higher-order thinking in students.

About the Editors

vii

About the Contributors

viii

Preface

Acknowledgments

xii

Part I: The Significance and Meaning of ``Deep Understanding''

(30)

Deep Understanding for All Students: The Overriding Goal for Schooling

(8)

Kenneth Leithwood

Pat McAdie

Nina Bascia

Anne Rodrigue

Shawn Moore

Reflections on Depth

(6)

Carl Bereiter

The Starting Point: Constructivist Accounts of Learning

(9)

Clive Beck

Clare Kosnik

Understanding Understanding: A Review of the Literature

(5)

Sandra Folk

Part II: Teaching for Deep Understanding in the Disciplines

(52)

Mathematics

(7)

John A. Ross

Douglas E. McDougall

The Role of Literacy and Literature

(9)

David Booth

Imagine . . . An Enlightening and Empowering Science and Technology Education

(9)

Larry Bencze

Understanding Technology

(5)

Carl Bereiter

Deepening Understanding and Competence in Social Studies Teaching

(10)

Mark Evans

Ian Hundey

Imagining Drama/Theater and the Arts

(10)

Kathleen Gallagher

Part III: Teaching for Deep Understanding Across the Curriculum

(40)

Multiliteracies Pedagogy and the Role of Identity Texts

(9)

Jim Cummins

Teaching Wisdom Through Deep Critical Thinking and Development of Character

(9)

Michel Ferrari

Technology for Understanding

103

(7)

Marlene Scardamalia

Knowledge Building in Elementary Science

110

(6)

Richard Messina

Richard Reeve

Classroom Assessment for Deep Understanding

116

(7)

Lorna M. Earl

Part IV: The Challenge of Teaching for Deep Understanding

123

(24)

What Teachers Think

125

(22)

Pat McAdie

Part V: Enabling the Teaching of Deep Understanding

147

(40)

Conditions That Influence Teaching for Understanding

149

(4)

Sandra Folk

The Importance of Partnerships to Support and Sustain Teaching for Deep Understanding

153

(12)

Nina Bascia

Anne Rodrigue

Shawn Moore

Teaching for Depth in Teacher Education

165

(10)

Carol Rolheiser

Mark Evans

Summary and Recommendations

175

(12)

Kenneth Leithwood

Pat McAdie

Nina Bascia

Anne Rodrigue

Shawn Moore

References

187

(10)

Index

197

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