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« J'ai consacré ma vie à la physique. J'aimerais que tous les enfants aient la chance de satisfaire leur goût pour la recherche et de développer leur intelligence. J'ai découvert à Chicago, chez mon ami Leon Lederman, une méthode d'enseignement des sciences à l'école qui m'a subjugué. J'ai vu, à tous les niveaux, en physique, en chimie, en sciences naturelles et en mathématiques, des enfants qui expérimentaient avec joie, apprenaient les concepts fondamentaux à leur rythme, réfléchissant et discutant. Je voyais en gestation des êtres libres, capables de rechercher une vérité qui ne leur était pas assenée. J'ai voulu confronter des enseignants français du primaire et du secondaire à ces recherches qui ne se limitent pas à l'enseignement primaire. C'est leur regard critique et surtout leurs idées pour notre enseignement que j'ai rassemblés dans ce livre. » Georges Charpak Georges Charpak est physicien, prix Nobel de physique, membre de l'Académie des sciences de Paris.
After the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, many people questioned why no one had anticipated the terrorists' acts, even when events and intelligence seemed to point toward them. John Barell wonders if the attacks speak to a greater societal problem of complacency. He believes many students have become too passive in their learning, accepting information and "facts" as presented in textbooks, classes, and the media. Drawing on anecdotes from educators and his own life, Barell describes practical strategies to spur students' ability and willingness to pose and answer their own questions. Antarctica expeditions, outer space discoveries, dinosaur fossils, literature, ...
Draws on neuroscientific research to provide advice on creating brain-compatible classrooms for middle school and high school; and includes case studies.
The world is filled with educational possibilities — use it! This valuable resource explores every aspect of field trips, including their foundation in caring and curiosity, how leaders can establish and achieve sound learning goals, and how to avoid the headaches that too often accompany dozens of children and chaperones unleashed in a new environment. Properly organized, a field trip can provide students with opportunities to develop lifelong learning skills, increase personal responsibility, work cooperatively with others, and expand their worldviews. And field trips need not be full-day affairs to be valuable—even a short “trip” can provide a much richer learning experience than ...
The authors share what they've learned about developing and assessing powerful performance tasks, ranging from short and specific to lengthy and substantive.
Provides educators with information on how to plan creative museum projects that target content standards and develop students' understanding of required subject matter.
While many people talk about the Constructivist philosophy, there has not been a publication that provides a detailed description of what a Constructivist classroom sounds like and looks like. This book fills that void by examining the philosophy, translating it into teaching strategies, and providing over forty examples. These examples come from the elementary level up to and including the collegiate level, and include all content areas. These examples show how the Constructivist educator uses the linguistic mode, the visual mode, and the kinesthetic mode to create a class environment in which the Constructivist philosophy flourishes. Examples of student work are provided; the book also inc...
"Thinking critically. Communicating effectively. Collaborating productively. Students need to develop proficiencies while mastering the practices, concepts, and ideas associated with mathematics and science. Successful students must be able to work with large data sets, design experiments, and apply what they're learning to solve real-world problems. Research shows that inquiry-based instruction boosts students' critical thinking skills and promotes the kind of creative problem solving that turns the classroom into an energized learning environment. No matter what your experience with inquiry-based instruction, Succeeding with Inquiry in Science and Math Classrooms will help hone your ability to plan and implement high-quality lessons that engage students and improve learning"--Provided by publisher.
Project based learning (PBL) is gaining renewed attention with the current focus on college and career readiness and the performance-based emphases of Common Core State Standards, but only high-quality versions can deliver the beneficial outcomes that schools want for their students. It’s not enough to just “do projects.” Today’s projects need to be rigorous, engaging, and in-depth, and they need to have student voice and choice built in. Such projects require careful planning and pedagogical skill. The authors—leaders at the respected Buck Institute for Education—take readers through the step-by-step process of how to create, implement, and assess PBL using a classroom-tested fr...
How can we help both beginning and experienced teachers engage students in today's diverse classrooms? How can we focus on actual problems that teachers face? This book offers a learning tool--problem-based learning (PBL). PBL is an instructional method that encourages learners to use critical thinking and problem solving as they apply content knowledge to real-world problems and issues. Editor Barbara Levin and the book's contributing authors believe that if teachers are to use PBL effectively with their K-12 students, they need to personally experience PBL themselves. Levin provides field-tested examples of how teacher educators have used PBL in many professional development settings. Base...