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Informationen zum Autor Mickey Kolis, recently awarded the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire "Excellence in Teaching" award, team-teaches with four university faculty every day with student cohorts. He is working collaboratively to help beginning educators change the system, one person at a time. Klappentext This book describes current classrooms, students, and the relationships between them through systems viewpoints-one positive and the other skeptical that they are working as effectively as they might. Each content area is viewed through a lens of deep purpose and how that meets students' needs in timeframes that work best for students. Zusammenfassung This book describes current classrooms, students, and the relationships between them through systems viewpoints—one positive and the other skeptical that they are working as effectively as they might. Each content area is viewed through a lens of deep purpose and how that meets students' needs in timeframes that work best for students. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsSection 1 And the point of schooling is? A systems perspectiveChapter 1 Facts-based instruction - Why it seems to workChapter 2 Generally accepted patterns and outcomes of facts-based instructionChapter 3 A skeptics' view of facts-based instructionChapter 4 Generally ignored patterns and outcomes of facts-based instructionSection 2 Purposes definedChapter 5 Why purpose is importantChapter 6 The Purpose of Language ArtsChapter 7 The Purpose of Social StudiesChapter 8 The Purpose of ScienceChapter 9 The Purpose of MathematicsChapter 10 The Purpose of Health and Physical EducationChapter 11 The Purpose of ArtChapter 12 The Purpose of MusicChapter 13 The Purpose of Vocational EducationChapter 14 The Purpose of Foreign LanguageChapter 15 All togetherSection 3 Purposes in the classroomChapter 16 Knowledge neededChapter 17 RolesChapter 18 Compelling whySection 4 Conclusion
