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Informationen zum Autor Robin Fogarty is President of RFA: A Robin Fogarty Company, a Chicago-based, minority-owned, educational publishing/consulting company. Robin received her doctorate in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University of Chicago. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, Robin has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction and assessment strategies. She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consulted with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Robin has published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, The Journal of Staff Development and The Middle School Lournal. She is the author of numerous publications, including Brain-Compatible Classrooms, Literacy Matters, Ten Things New Teachers Need, How to Integrate the Curricula, The Adult Learner, A Look at Transfer, Close the Achievement Gap, Twelve Brain Principles, Nine Best Practices, and From Staff Room to Classroom: Planning and Coaching Professional Learning, How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: 7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards, Invite! Excite! Ignite! 13 Principles for Teaching, Learning and Leading K-12 classrooms Robin received her Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education at SUNY, Potsdam, NY, and her Masters in Instructional Strategies from National Louis University in Evanston, IL. She is known as the teachers' teacher and has mentored numerous colleagues in the art and science of working with the adult learner. She brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to all endeavors, has a wealth of knowledge in the field and conducts highly interactive PD sessions. Klappentext A Look at Transfer examines the six levels of transfer and the adult learner. The book explores the seven bridging strategies to use with adult learners as they learn how the professional development content they are learning does, indeed, transfer into their classrooms and into their life situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements 1. Transfer in Theory: Six Levels Simple Transfer Overlooks: Ollie, the Head-in-the-Sand Ostrich Duplicates: Dan, the Drilling Woodpecker Replicates: Laura, the Look-Alike Penguin Complex Transfer Integrates: Jonathan Livingston, the Seagull Propagates: Cathy, the Carrier Pigeon Innovates: Samantha, the Soaring Eagle 2. Transfer in Action: Seven Strategies Rationale Strategies Understanding Transfer Setting Expectations Modeling with Authentic Artifacts Reflecting on the Level of Transfer Plotting on Application Trying Something Immediately Dialoguing with Lead-ins 3. Transfer in Reflection: Five Scenarios Overlooked Transfer The French Teacher Simple Transfer The Trigonometry Teacher The Music Teachers Complex Transfer The Biology Teacher The Family Living Teacher Appendix: Student Transfer: A Look at Bibliography ...
