A Reflective Teacher’s Guide to Planning for Learning
A Reflective Teacher’s Guide to Planning for Learning
By: Bryan Goodwin, Pete Hall
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If you find yourself (or your team) just “going through the motions” of instructional planning, or if you feel like you’re working harder than ever but some of your students still struggle with learning, then this Breakthrough Teaching™ quick reference guide is for you.
When good teachers learn to make the shift from planning for teaching to planning for learning, great things begin to happen with student engagement and learning success.
To help you make this breakthrough in your practice, this guide offers teachers lots of quick, practical tips and insights drawn from the following areas:
- The science of teaching/instruction to help you develop and draw on a broad repertoire of teaching strategies to adapt and respond to student learning needs.
- The science of cognition/learning, an essential understanding for designing units and lessons that challenge and engage students.
- Research and expertise on teacher meta-cognition—how teachers’ thinking during professional reflection, coaching, and collaboration contribute to breakthrough teaching.
- Research on student–teacher relationships, trauma-informed practice, and conditions that support student readiness to learn.
Bryan Goodwin
Bryan Goodwin is president and CEO of McREL International. For 21 years at McREL, he has translated research into practice, scanning the world for new insights and best practices on teaching and leading, and has helped educators everywhere adapt them to address their own challenges. A frequent conference presenter, he is the author of Out of Curiosity: Restoring the Power of Hungry Minds for Better Workplaces, Schools, and Lives and Simply Better: Doing What Matters Most to Change the Odds for Student Success, as well as co-author of Curiosity Works: A Guidebook for Moving Your School from Improvement to Innovation, Unstuck: How Curiosity, Peer Coaching, and Teaming Can Change Your School, Balanced Leadership for Powerful Learning: Tools for Achieving Success in Your School, and The 12 Touchstones of Good Teaching: A Checklist for Staying Focused Every Day. Before joining McREL in 1998, Bryan was a college instructor, a high school teacher, and a business journalist.
Pete Hall
Pete Hall is a veteran school administrator, keynote speaker, and professional development agent who has dedicated his career to supporting the improvement of our education systems. This is his ninth book—and his fifth collaboration with Alisa Simeral, including Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice: Capacity-Building for Schoolwide Success (ASCD, 2017). He also authored Lead On! Motivational Lessons for School Leaders (Eye on Education, 2011) and more than 20 articles on school leadership. A passionate advocate for Whole Child/Whole Adult approaches, Pete provides support to leaders, schools, and organizations across the globe. You can contact him via email at PeteHall@EducationHall.com or catch his Twitter feed at @EducationHall.
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