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Book SynopsisHow to teach big understandings and the ideas that matter most Everyone has an opinion about education, and teachers face pressures from Common Core content standards, high-stakes testing, and countless other directions.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction: Learning for Tomorrow 1
1 Lifeworthy Learning: Where Knowledge Goes in Learners’ Lives 7
2 Learning Agendas: The Mixed Blessings of Achievement, Information, and Expertise 27
3 Big Understandings: Learning That Matters in Learners’ Lives 49
4 Big Questions: Learning beyond What’s Settled and Known 71
5 Lifeready Learning: Making What’s Worth Learning Ready for Life 97
6 The Seven Seas of Knowledge: Lifeworthy Learning from the Disciplines 123
7 Ways of Knowing: Powerful Patterns of Thought from the Disciplines and Beyond 143
8 Buckets of Knowledge: Organizing Content across the Years of Education 171
9 Big Know-How: Twenty-First-Century Skills and Beyond 197
10 Knowledge on the Way to Wisdom 223
Notes 251
Index 261
