Michael McDowell 
Developing Expert Learners [PDF ebook] 
A Roadmap for Growing Confident and Competent Students

Finally— a roadmap for growing students’ confidence and competence in learning.

We strive to empower our students to lead their own inquiry, discover knowledge, and construct approaches to solving real-life challenges. Often, though, we make the mistake of designing learning experiences that burden students with the unrealistic expectation of expertise that hasn’t yet been developed. The solution: proper scaffolding for surface, deep, and transfer learning. 

Building upon the groundwork from Michael Mc Dowell’s book Rigorous PBL by Design, this new resource provides practices that strategically support students as they move from novices to experts in core academics. You’ll learn high-impact strategies that ensure students develop ownership and confidence in their learning, plus essential tools to build your own efficacy and support your colleagues in building collective expertise. Chock full of mission-critical guidance, this book 

• Provides an actionable framework for developing student expertise


• Offers practical strategies, tools, and routines for creating a culture that cultivates expertise and builds student efficacy


• Gives a simple, effective unit and lesson template that clarifies the steps students must take to build, deepen, and apply core content knowledge and skills


• Ensures your students’ progress in their learning through a process for selecting instructional, feedback, and learning strategies 


• Includes strategies for improving your professional expertise individually and collectively

‘As educators, we are challenged to prepare our students for college and career readiness as they go into the real world.
Developing Expert Learners addresses the intentional moves of the teacher to prepare students for challenging work at their level of learning, resulting in students reaching their fullest potential as experts in their own learning.’



Elizabeth Alvarez, Chief of Schools

Chicago Public Schools

Daftar Isi

List of Online Resources

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

A Teacher’s Perspective

Introduction

Chapter 1. Guiding Actions for Expertise and Efficacy

The 5Cs: Guiding Actions for Developing Student Expertise

Putting Principles of Expertise Into Practice Successfully

Conclusion

Chapter 2. Conditions for Impact: Creating a Culture of Collective Efficacy

Culture of Learning

Recurring Problems

Defining Efficacy

Evidence of Efficacy

Teaching Strategies for Developing Student Efficacy

Conclusion

Chapter 3. Planning for Impact

Focused Design

Unit Planning: Five Design Steps

Planning Process

Conclusion

Chapter 4. Teaching for Impact

Illuminating the Hidden Understandings of Learners

Establishing Routines

Expertise-Based Strategies

Sequencing Developing Expertise Routines

Conclusion

Chapter 5. Collective Efficacy: Developing Efficacy and Expertise as Professionals

Linking Professional and Student Efficacy

Designing Core Tasks for Professionals to Impact Learning

Creating a Process for Collective Learning Through Teaming

Structuring the Methods for Determining, Discussing, Debating, and Designing Next Steps for Improvement

Conclusion

Conclusion

Afterword

Resources

Conditions for Impact Resources

Planning for Impact Resources

Teaching for Impact Resources

Collective Efficacy: Developing Efficacy and Expertise as Professionals

References

Index

Tentang Penulis

Michael Mc Dowell, Ed D was a public school educator for eighteen years serving in the roles of classroom teacher, academic and athletic coach, school principal, assistant superintendent of personnel and instruction, and superintendent.  During his tenure as a superintendent, his school district received state and national accolades including the National Blue Ribbon Award which recognized their work for student performance and mental health and well-being in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by the U.S. Department of Education.Dr. Mc Dowell serves on numerous boards, served as a college professor, and worked for non-profit organizations to enhance student learning around the world.  Over the course of his career, Dr. Mc Dowell has authored bestselling books, created professional learning programs and workbooks, provided keynotes and workshops, and provided practical tools and resources for thousands of teachers and leaders on almost every continent around the world.  A prolific author and consultant, Dr. Mc Dowell is recognized as one of the leading authorities on integrating innovative and impactful practices into schools. Offering keynotes and executive coaching to heads of school around the world, he partners with educational leaders to implement high leverage strategies that will enhance teaching and learning in classrooms, schools, and systems through his work with Hinge Education.