Visible Learners - Promoting Reggio-Inspired Approaches in All Schools

Informationen zum Autor Mara Krechevsky is a senior researcher at Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ben Mardell , Ph.D., is an associate professor at Lesley University and a former researcher at Project Zero. Melissa Rivard is a senior researcher and visual media specialist at Project Zero. Daniel Wilson , Ed.D., is a principal investigator and lecturer at Project Zero. Klappentext Inspired by the innovative educational philosophy that originated in Reggio Emilia, a small city in Italy, Visible Learners offers research-based practices for fostering learning in groups through documentation. In this approach, first developed during a long-term collaboration between researchers at Harvard's Project Zero and Reggio educators, learning becomes a visible activity that develops students' intellectual capacities as well as their individual and group identities as learners. Visible classrooms can be identified by five key principles?that learning is purposeful, social, representational, empowering, and emotional. The authors define each principle using illustrative learning portraits, quotes from students and teachers, pictures, reflections, and examples of student work. Additionally, the authors offer teachers and administrators practical ways to enhance learning by increasing collaboration and critical thinking across grade levels and subject matter. Also included is a section containing dozens of tools for making learners and learning visible, incorporating guidelines for the classroom and the staffroom as well as ideas for engaging students' families. Visible Learners shows how observing and documenting learning can change the nature of that learning, and asks teachers to look beyond surface to understand who their students are, what they come to know, and how they come to know it. " We are at a critical moment that cries out for 4 C's learning (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity). Visible Learning addresses this very challenge by offering rich examples and practical guidance for creating powerful learning experiences in our classrooms, schools, and communities." ? Ken Kay , CEO of EdLeader21 and cofounder and president, Partnership for 21st Century Skills " Many educators have pondered whether the 'Reggio approach' can be employed with older children and under different conditions. In this highly original book, the authors demonstrate how the principles developed in a small city in northern Italy can be realized across the ages, across the curriculum, and across the seas." ? Howard Gardner , Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Zusammenfassung A progressive, research-based approach for making learning visible Based on the Reggio Emilia approach to learning, Visible Learners highlights learning through interpreting objects and artifacts, group learning, and documentation to make students' learning evident to teachers. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors vi Preface xi 1 Introduction to Block Copolymers 1 Ian W. Hamley 2 Recent Developments in Synthesis of Model Block Copolymers using Ionic Polymerisation 31 Kristoffer Almdut 3 Syntheses and Characterizations of Block Copolymers Prepared via Controlled Radical Polymerization Methods 71 Pan Cai-yuan and Hong Chun-van 4 Melt Behaviour of Block Copolymers 127 Shinichi Sakurai, Shigeru Okamoto and Kazuo Sakurai 5 Plase Behavior of Block Copolymer Blends 159 Richard J. Spontak und Nikunj P. Patel 6 Crystallization within Block Copolymer Mesophases 213 Yuch-Lin Loo and Richard A. Register 7 Dynamical Microphase Modelling with Mesodyn 245 JG.E. M. Fraaije. G.J.A. Sevink and A. V. ZvelindovS¿J

List of contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
 
FOREWORD x
By Deborah Meier
 
INTRODUCTION xiii
 
PART I: SIX LEARNING PORTRAITS 1
 
CHAPTER 1: THE YELLOW DOOR: TURNING PROBLEMS INTO PROJECTS IN KINDERGARTEN 3
 
CHAPTER 2: THE VERNAL POOL: SEVENTH-GRADERS INVESTIGATE AND PROTECT A LOCAL HABITAT 13
 
CHAPTER 3: GRAPPLING WITH GREATNESS: NEGOTIATING DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW IN AP LITERATURE 20
 
CHAPTER 4: THE AMAZING CIRCUS ACT: MAKING VISIBILITY PART OF THE EQUATION IN HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS 26
 
CHAPTER 5: MEET THE DIRECTORS: KINDERGARTNERS STUDY THE BOSTON MARATHON 33
 
CHAPTER 6: EYES ON ENGAGEMENT: SUPPORTING STUDENT INQUIRY IN A FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM 39
 
PART II: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES 49
 
CHAPTER 7: MAKING LEARNING AND LEARNERS VISIBLE 51
 
CHAPTER 8: UNPACKING THE PRACTICE OF GROUP LEARNING 61
 
CHAPTER 9: UNPACKING THE PRACTICE OF DOCUMENTATION 74
 
CHAPTER 10: MAKING LEARNING VISIBLE IN AN AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY 95
 
PART III: TOOLS FOR MAKING LEARNING AND LEARNERS VISIBLE 107
 
CHAPTER 11: SUPPORTING LEARNING IN GROUPS IN THE CLASSROOM 109
 
1 Getting Started with Making Learning Visible 110
 
2 Looking at Learning in Groups: Classroom Discussion Guidelines 112
 
3 Considerations for Forming Small Groups 115
 
4 Entry-Point Charts: Engaging All Members of the Group 117
 
5 Structures for Giving and Receiving Feedback 120
 
CHAPTER 12: SUPPORTING LEARNING IN GROUPS IN THE STAFFROOM 124
 
6 "Throwing Your Money Away": Exploring Group Learning and Documentation 125
 
7 Designing and Facilitating Adult Study Groups 127
 
8 Looking at Documentation: The Collaborative Assessment Conference 130
 
9 Creating Documentation for Public Viewing: Protocol 1 132
 
10 Creating Documentation for Public Viewing: Protocol 2 134
 
CHAPTER 13: DOCUMENTING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LEARNING 136
 
11 Documentation: When Does It Make Learning Visible? 137
 
12 Beginning to Document through Intentional Inquiry 139
 
13 Beginning to Document by Stepping Back 140
 
14 Considerations for Selecting a Documentation Tool 143
 
15 Guidelines for Shooting Video and Photographs 146
 
16 Making Learners' Words Visible: Speech Bubbles 149
 
CHAPTER 14: ENGAGING FAMILIES IN SUPPORTING STUDENT LEARNING 151
 
17 Introducing Families to Making Learning Visible 152
 
18 Refrigerator Reminder: Five Ways to Make Learning Visible at Home 154
 
19 Making Learning Visible Family Survey 156
 
20 Involving Families in the Learning Process 158
 
21 Documenting Learning at Home 161
 
CHAPTER 15: MAKING LEARNING VISIBLE BEYOND THE CLASSROOM 162
 
22 Bulletin Boards That Make Learning and Learners Visible 163
 
23 Creating Exhibitions of Teaching and Learning 165
 
24 Anatomy of an Exhibit Panel 167
 
25 Zoom Guidelines and Template 169
 
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 172
 
NOTES 174
 
INDEX 179
 
PHOTO CREDITS 185

Product details

• Authors: Mar Krechevsky, Mara Krechevsky, Mara Mardell Krechevsky, Krechevsky Mara, Be Mardell, Ben Mardell, Ben et al Mardell, Mardell Ben, Melissa Rivard, Melissa et a Rivard, Rivard Melissa, Danie Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Daniel Krechevsky Wilson, DG Wilson
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2013
• EAN: 9781118345696
• ISBN: 978-1-118-34569-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Education, Bildungswesen, K-12 General, Allg. Bildungswesen (K-12), K-12