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.
Tabella dei contenuti
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
Circa l’autore
Brian M. Pete, co-founder of Robin Fogarty & Associates, comes from a family of educators-college professors, school superintendents, teachers and teachers of teachers. He has a rich background in professional development. Brian has worked with the adult learner in districts and educational agencies throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and the GCC in the Middle East. He has an eye for the “teachable moment” and the words to describe what he sees as skillful teaching. He delivers dynamic, humor-filled sessions that energize the audiences with engaging strategies that transfer into immediate and practical on site applications. Comments from school leaders often say that it is the best PD the staff has ever had.?Brian is co-author of: How to Teach Students to Think Within the Common Core, School Leaders Guide to Common Core Achieving Results, Supporting Differentiated Instruction: A PLC Approach, From Staff Room to Classroom: A Guide to Planning and Coaching Professional Learning, From Staff Room to Classroom II: The One-Minute PD Planner and The Right to Be Literate: 6 Literacy Strategies for the 21st Century. His works in progress include two pieces, one on inquiry learning with a focus on Problem-based Learning and the other on how to explicitly teach thinking skills in IB International Schools.
Altri ebook dello stesso autore / Editore
146.331 Ebook in questa categoria
