Focus : Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning

Schmoker, Mike

ISBN 10: 1416611304 / ISBN 13: 9781416611301

Published by Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Focus : Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning
• Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416611304
• ISBN 13: 9781416611301
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The introduction states: "[T]he only reason our schools haven't made astonishing progress in the last 30 years of "reform" is quite simple: very few schools ever implemented 'what is essential'--the most powerful, simple actions and structures that woulddramatically increase the proportion of students prepared for college or careers. What is 'essential' for schools? Three simple things: reasonably coherent curriculum (what we teach); sound lessons (how we teach); and far more purposeful reading and writing in every discipline, or authentic literacy (integral to both what and how we teach).

From the Inside Flap

Bestselling author Mike Schmoker describes a plan for radically improving student learning that is built on three core elements: a focused and coherent curriculum (what we teach); clear, prioritized lessons (how we teach); and purposeful reading and writing, or authentic literacy.

With this "less is more" philosophy, educators can help students learn content at a deeper level, develop greater critical thinking skills, and discover more clearly how content-area concepts affect their lives and the world around them. Both a call to action and a blueprint for creating more effective classrooms, Focus: Elevating the Essentials for Radically Improved Student Learning will challenge your assumptions about schooling and show how educators who have embraced this approach quickly achieved spectacular results.