Unleashing Student Superpowers: Practical Teaching Strategies for 21st Century Students - Couverture souple

Ferguson, Hadley J.; Swanson, Kristen N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1483350967 ISBN 13 : 9781483350967

Editeur : Corwin, 2014

Synopsis

This book provides elementary school teachers with strategies to unleash the learning superpowers of students that foster inquiry-based, student-driven classrooms.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hadley Ferguson is a middle school teacher at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, an independent school in Philadelphia. She teaches History and Humanities as well as Entrepreneurship. Hadley is passionate about developing new curriculum to meet the needs of her students, working with other teachers, both in her building and through her personal learning network, to develop the best strategies to enhance the learning in her classroom. Hadley has a B.A. and an MEd from Smith College.

Because of her experiences of how important collaboration is for learning and growing as an educator, Hadley is actively involved in helping to develop connections among educators. She is a member of the Library of Congress' Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor Advisory group, where she helps teachers connect with the Library. She also advises groups of teachers on strategies for working together to develop curriculum that includes the resources from the Library of Congress. She was named a "Teacher of the Future" by the National Association of Independent Schools and part of a network to enhance support for independent school teachers. Hadley also seves on the board of the Edcamp Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to facilitate local, grassroots professional development.

She has presented at a variety of conferences, including ISTE, National Middle School Association, Educational Computing Conference of Ontario and Educon. She has written articles for ISTE's Learning and Leading on how teachers can take control of their professional development to directly impact the classroom. Her latest presentation is "On Being a Risk-Taking Teacher," based on her work with ungrading. Her blog explores the challenges of teaching middle school in a digital world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1483350967
• ISBN 13: 9781483350967
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne