Deeper Learning: Beyond 21st Century Skills (Leading Edge) (Solutions)

Part of the Leading Edge series WINNER OF THE 2016 IPPY AWARD--BRONZE MEDAL IN EDUCATION (COMMENTARY/THEORY) Education authorities from around the globe explore deeper learning, a process that promotes higher-order thinking, reasoning, and problem solving to better educate students and prepare them for college and careers. Relying on research as well as their own experience, the authors show how to use intensive curriculum, instruction, assessment, and leadership practices to meet the needs of 21st century learners. Benefits: Discover the vital importance of deeper learning to students' future success. Effectively prepare teachers for deeper learning in the classroom. Successfully promote deeper learning with technology. Explore ways to foster students' creativity, problem solving, and sense of entrepreneurship. Accurately and effectively assess for deeper learning. Contents: Foreword: Beyond the Rhetoric Introduction: Advancing a New Agenda Part I: How Does Deeper Learning Look and Sound? Chapter 1: Deeper Learning for Students Requires Deeper Learning for Educators Chapter 2: Dispositions: Critical Pathways for Deeper Learning Chapter 3: Paradigm Shift: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students Chapter 4: Powering Up Learning With PBL Plus Technology Chapter 5: Developing Teachers for Deeper Learning Part II: What Will Drive the Shift? Chapter 6: The Worst of Times, The Best of Times Chapter 7: Road Maps to Deeper Learning Chapter 8: 21st Century Curriculum: A Global Imperative Chapter 9: Assessment Systems for Deeper Learning Part III: What Lessons Will Work? Chapter 10: Breakthrough Learning Chapter 11: All or Nothing: A Deeper Learning Experience Chapter 12: Ears to the Ground: School Leadership in the New Millennium Chapter 13: The Pivotal Role of the District Chapter 14: Levers for Change: The Role of the States