The Architecture of Learning: Designing Instruction for the Learning Brain - Softcover

Washburn, Kevin D.

 
9780984345908: The Architecture of Learning: Designing Instruction for the Learning Brain
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0984345906 ISBN 13: 9780984345908
Publisher: Clerestory Pr, 2010

Synopsis

Become an Architect of Learning (blueprints included). The brain constructs new learning, sorting and labeling new data, comparing it with prior experience, and using resulting understandings to interact with the environment. Written for teachers, educational leaders, and instructional designers, this guide presents tools for developing teaching that engages the student thinking needed to construct learning.With applied research from neuroscience and cognitive psychology, The Architecture of Learning introduces a series of blueprints that strategically direct a teacher s thinking and planning. The resulting instruction capitalizes on the brain s penchant for patterns and moves students from recognizing a reference point for constructing new understanding to using new learning to think about and act on the real world. The Architecture of Learning addresses: * Understanding how students learn * Learning s building blocks * Subject matter types and learning s focus processes * Aligning learning, teaching, and assessment * Critical and creative thinking in teaching and learning * Evaluating and revising instruction

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About the Authors

Kevin D. Washburn, (Ed.D.), is Executive Director of Clerestory Learning, Cofounder/Co-owner of Make Way for Books, author of the Architecture of Learning instructional design model and its training program, the Writer's Stylus instructional writing program and co-author of an instructional reading program used be schools across the country. Dr. Washburn specializes in instruction and curriculum. His experience as a teacher in elementary through college level classrooms combines with his penchant for reading and research in educational and scientific areas to uncover important implications for learning. Whether speaking in the classroom or convention setting, writing, or blogging, he conveys a passion for quality teaching and authentic learning.

KEVIN D. WASHBURN (Ed.D.) is the executive director of Clerestory Learning, an organization that invests in teachers through professional development. His experience as a teacher in elementary through college level classrooms and as a leader in curriculum and instruction combine with his passion for reading and research in both educational and scientific areas to uncover important implications for teaching and learning.

From the Back Cover

Become an Architect of Learning (blueprints included). The brain constructs new learning, sorting and labeling new data, comparing it with prior experience, and using resulting understandings to interact with the environment. Written for teachers, educational leaders, and instructional designers, this guide presents tools for developing teaching that engages the student thinking needed to construct learning.With applied research from neuroscience and cognitive psychology, The Architecture of Learning introduces a series of blueprints that strategically direct a teacher s thinking and planning. The resulting instruction capitalizes on the brain s penchant for patterns and moves students from recognizing a reference point for constructing new understanding to using new learning to think about and act on the real world. The Architecture of Learning addresses: * Understanding how students learn * Learning s building blocks * Subject matter types and learning s focus processes * Aligning learning, teaching, and assessment * Critical and creative thinking in teaching and learning * Evaluating and revising instruction

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Publisher
Clerestory Pr
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0984345906
ISBN 13 
9780984345908
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
286