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Book Synopsis
How 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 Contents

Acknowledgments 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

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 12 September 2014
      ISBN-13 9781118844083
      978-1118844083
      ISBN-10 1118844084
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Schools and pre-schools

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How 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 Contents

      Acknowledgments 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

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