How to Integrate the Curricula

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 In this updated resource, Fogarty and Pete offer ten models that allow teams of teachers to work together to create brain-compatible, learner-centered classrooms by grouping elements from various content areas into a coherent curriculum that effectively meets standards. Each discussion includes a description of the model, its advantages and disadvantages, guidelines for implementation, and relevant reproducibles. Zusammenfassung This updated resource offers ten models that allow teachers to work together to create learner-centred classrooms by grouping elements from various content areas into a coherent! standards-based curriculum. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction What Is This Book All About? Why Bother? The Theorists: Research on the Brain and Learning The Practitioners: Abandonment of an Overloaded Curriculum and Adherence to Standards of Learning The Parents: What Will Our Children Need 25 Years From Now? The Students: Education Is a Vaccination How Can the Curriculum Be Integrated? 10 Models of Integrating the Curricula Agree/Disagree Introductory Activity Four-Fold Concept Development Activity Examples of the Four-Fold Concept Development Activity How Do Teachers Use This Book? 1. Model 1: Cellular What Is the Cellular Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Cellular Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 1: Cellular 2. Model 2: Connected What Is the Connected Model? What Does It look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Connected Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 2: Connected 3. Model 3: Nested What is the Nested Model? What Does It L...

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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

In this updated resource, Fogarty and Pete offer ten models that allow teams of teachers to work together to create brain-compatible, learner-centered classrooms by grouping elements from various content areas into a coherent curriculum that effectively meets standards. Each discussion includes a description of the model, its advantages and disadvantages, guidelines for implementation, and relevant reproducibles.

Zusammenfassung
This updated resource offers ten models that allow teachers to work together to create learner-centred classrooms by grouping elements from various content areas into a coherent, standards-based curriculum.

Inhalt

Foreword by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
What Is This Book All About?
Why Bother?
The Theorists: Research on the Brain and Learning
The Practitioners: Abandonment of an Overloaded Curriculum and Adherence to Standards of Learning
The Parents: What Will Our Children Need 25 Years From Now?
The Students: Education Is a Vaccination
How Can the Curriculum Be Integrated?
10 Models of Integrating the Curricula
Agree/Disagree Introductory Activity
Four-Fold Concept Development Activity
Examples of the Four-Fold Concept Development Activity
How Do Teachers Use This Book?

1. Model 1: Cellular
   What Is the Cellular Model?
   What Does It Look Like?
   What Does It Sound Like?
   What Are the Advantages?
   What Are the Disadvantages?
   When Is This Cellular Model Useful?
   How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 1: Cellular
2. Model 2: Connected
   What Is the Connected Model?
   What Does It look Like?
   What Does It Sound Like?
   What Are the Advantages?
   What Are the Disadvantages?
   When Is This Connected Model Useful?
   How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 2: Connected
3. Model 3: Nested
   What is the Nested Model?
   What Does It Look Like?
   What Does It Sound Like?
   What Are the Advantages?
   What Are the Disadvantages?
   When Is This Nested Model Useful?
   How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 3: Nested
4. Model 4: Sequenced
   What Is the Sequenced Model?
   What Does It Look Like?
   What Does It Sound Like?
   Wh…