Download or read book Different by Design Student Curriculum written by Cary Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian life is to be a condition of the heart that shows up in a lifestyle. Throughout Scripture, God commands us to keep a right heart with Him and to live a lifestyle that pleases Him. Yet, many Christians today seem to believe, "God doesn't care what I do, so long as my heart is right on the inside!" This personal Bible study reveals God's heart for a biblical lifestyle. In it, you will be challenged not to separate "who you are" from "how you behave." You will be admonished to live very differently from the world and from today's "pop-culture." Each and every page of this study will compel you to "walk worthy"--to live in a way that outwardly honors the Lord--to allow your relationship with Christ to flow into every act, every word, every thought, every deed, and every attitude of life. "Have it your way" Christianity is empty, frustrating, self-centered, fruitless, and pointless. God teaches us in His Word that we are to be different--by His design! This study will remind you that a godly life is a different life, and that God's way of living is still the best way! This Bible study is perfect for:Teachers who are mentoring young Christians in godly livingTeenagers seeking to understand spiritual maturity and Biblical livingParents laboring to nurture their family in Christ-likenessAdults desiring to conform to the image of Christ in daily living

Download or read book Different by Design Teacher Curriculum written by Cary Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian life is to be a condition of the heart that shows up in a lifestyle. Throughout Scripture, God commands us to keep a right heart with Him and to live a lifestyle that pleases Him. Yet, many Christians today seem to believe, "God doesn't care what I do, so long as my heart is right on the inside!" This personal Bible study reveals God's heart for a biblical lifestyle. In it, you will be challenged not to separate "who you are" from "how you behave." You will be admonished to live very differently from the world and from today's "pop-culture." Each and every page of this study will compel you to "walk worthy"--to live in a way that outwardly honors the Lord--to allow your relationship with Christ to flow into every act, every word, every thought, every deed, and every attitude of life. "Have it your way" Christianity is empty, frustrating, self-centered, fruitless, and pointless. God teaches us in His Word that we are to be different--by His design! This study will remind you that a godly life is a different life, and that God's way of living is still the best way! This Bible study is perfect for:Teachers who are mentoring young Christians in godly livingTeenagers seeking to understand spiritual maturity and Biblical livingParents laboring to nurture their family in Christ-likenessAdults desiring to conform to the image of Christ in daily living

Download or read book Understanding by Design written by Grant P. Wiggins and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2005 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is understanding and how does it differ from knowledge? How can we determine the big ideas worth understanding? Why is understanding an important teaching goal, and how do we know when students have attained it? How can we create a rigorous and engaging curriculum that focuses on understanding and leads to improved student performance in today's high-stakes, standards-based environment? Authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe answer these and many other questions in this second edition of Understanding by Design. Drawing on feedback from thousands of educators around the world who have used the UbD framework since its introduction in 1998, the authors have greatly revised and expanded their original work to guide educators across the K-16 spectrum in the design of curriculum, assessment, and instruction. With an improved UbD Template at its core, the book explains the rationale of backward design and explores in greater depth the meaning of such key ideas as essential questions and transfer tasks. Readers will learn why the familiar coverage- and activity-based approaches to curriculum design fall short, and how a focus on the six facets of understanding can enrich student learning. With an expanded array of practical strategies, tools, and examples from all subject areas, the book demonstrates how the research-based principles of Understanding by Design apply to district frameworks as well as to individual units of curriculum. Combining provocative ideas, thoughtful analysis, and tested approaches, this new edition of Understanding by Design offers teacher-designers a clear path to the creation of curriculum that ensures better learning and a more stimulating experience for students and teachers alike.

Download or read book The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High Quality Units written by Grant Wiggins and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Units offers instructional modules on the basic concepts and elements of Understanding by Design (UbD), the "backward design" approach used by thousands of educators to create curriculum units and assessments that focus on developing students' understanding of important ideas. The eight modules are organized around the UbD Template Version 2.0 and feature components similar to what is typically provided in a UbD design workshop, including— * Discussion and explanation of key ideas in the module; * Guiding exercises, worksheets, and design tips; * Examples of unit designs; * Review criteria with prompts for self-assessment; and * A list of resources for further information. This guide is intended for K-16 educators—either individuals or groups—who may have received some training in UbD and want to continue their work independently; those who've read Understanding by Design and want to design curriculum units but have no access to formal training; graduate and undergraduate students in university curriculum courses; and school and district administrators, curriculum directors, and others who facilitate UbD work with staff. Users can go through the modules in sequence or skip around, depending on their previous experience with UbD and their preferred curriculum design style or approach. Unit creation, planning, and adaptation are easier than ever with the accompanying downloadable resources, including the UbD template set up as a fillable PDF form, additional worksheets, examples, and FAQs about the module topics that speak to UbD novices and veterans alike.

Download or read book Ensuring High Quality Curriculum written by Angela Di Michele Lalor and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know that curriculum is the core of the classroom experience, but what makes a quality curriculum? How can educators be sure that what they teach is strongly aligned to the specific standards that their district or school has adopted? What kinds of lessons, learning experiences, and assessments are most effective, and how should they be embedded within the curriculum? You'll find the answers to these and many other questions in this definitive, step-by-step guide to curriculum design and evaluation. Drawing from her work with teachers and administrators to facilitate curriculum development, Angela Di Michele Lalor offers targeted advice and real-life examples from elementary and secondary units of study across a variety of content areas and standards, as well as field-tested rubrics, protocols, and other tools. She provides criteria for evaluating each component of a curriculum and end-of-chapter checklists to help you ensure that the criteria are met. Relevant to anyone who is creating or revising curriculum, or evaluating options among published alternatives, Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum is a comprehensive and accessible roadmap to developing a solid foundation for teaching and learning--and better results in the classroom.

Download or read book Different by Design written by Cary Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-26 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian life is to be a condition of the heart that shows up in a lifestyle. Throughout Scripture, God commands us to keep a right heart with Him and to live a lifestyle that pleases Him. Yet, many Christians today seem to believe, "God doesn't care what I do, so long as my heart is right on the inside!" This personal Bible study reveals God's heart for a biblical lifestyle. In it, you will be challenged not to separate "who you are" from "how you behave." You will be admonished to live very differently from the world and from today's "pop-culture." Each and every page of this study will compel you to "walk worthy"--to live in a way that outwardly honors the Lord--to allow your relationship with Christ to flow into every act, every word, every thought, every deed, and every attitude of life. "Have it your way" Christianity is empty, frustrating, self-centered, fruitless, and pointless. God teaches us in His Word that we are to be different--by His design! This study will remind you that a godly life is a different life, and that God's way of living is still the best way!

Download or read book Assessing Student Learning by Design written by Jay McTighe and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How might we might help teachers use classroom assessments to gather appropriate evidence for all valued learning goals? How might our classroom assessments serve to promote learning, not just measure it? This book addresses these questions by offering a practical and proven Assessment Planning Framework. The Framework examines four different types of learning goals, considers various purposes and audiences for assessment, reviews five categories of assessment methods, and presents options for communicating results. This updated edition addresses the assessment of academic standards as well as transdisciplinary outcomes (e.g., 21st century skills), and describes the principles and practices underlying standards-based grading"--

Download or read book Schooling by Design written by Grant P. Wiggins and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2007 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of Understanding by Design share a compelling strategy for creating schools that truly fulfill the central mission of education: to help students become "thoughtful, productive, and accomplished at worthy tasks."

Download or read book Design and Deliver written by Loui Lord Nelson and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written as a practical guide for teachers in inclusive settings, Design and Deliver introduces Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and describes how to effectively implement it in the classroom. UDL is a framework that guides the design of barrier-free, instructionally rich learning environments and lessons that provide access to all students. In this research-based, easy-to-read guide, seasoned teacher and former UDL Coordinator Loui Lord Nelson highlights how K-12 educators can use the three key principles of UDL-Engagement, Representation, and Action & Expression-to meet the needs of diverse learners. The book explains UDL; describes the vocabulary, myths, and brain science underlying it; and offers strategies, lesson plan guidance, and techniques to implement it"--

Download or read book Reframing the Curriculum written by Susan Santone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reframing the Curriculum is a practical, hands-on guide to weaving the concepts of healthy communities, democratic societies, and social justice into academic disciplines. Developed for future and practicing teachers, this volume is perfect for teacher education courses in instructional design, social foundations, and general education, as well as for study in professional learning communities. The author outlines the philosophies, movements, and narratives shaping the future, both in and out of classrooms, and then challenges readers to consider the larger story and respond with curriculum makeovers that engage students in solving problems in their schools, communities, and the larger world. The book’s proven method for designing units gives educators across grades and disciplines the tools to bring sustainability and social justice into experiential, project-based instructional approaches. Pedagogical features include: Specific examples and templates that offer readers a framework for reworking their units and courses while meeting required standards and incorporating innovative classroom practices. Activities and discussion questions that bring the content to life and establish ties with the curriculum. eResources, including a Facilitator’s Guide, offering examples of fully developed units created with this model and an editable template for redesigning existing units.

Download or read book Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design written by Carol Ann Tomlinson and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2006-01-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers struggle every day to bring quality instruction to their students. Beset by lists of content standards and accompanying "high-stakes" accountability tests, many educators sense that both teaching and learning have been redirected in ways that are potentially impoverishing for those who teach and those who learn. Educators need a model that acknowledges the centrality of standards but also ensures that students truly understand content and can apply it in meaningful ways. For many educators, Understanding by Design addresses that need. Simultaneously, teachers find it increasingly difficult to ignore the diversity of the learners who populate their classrooms. Few teachers find their work effective or satisfying when they simply "serve up" a curriculum—even an elegant one—to students with no regard for their varied learning needs. For many educators, Differentiated Instruction offers a framework for addressing learner variance as a critical component of instructional planning. In this book the two models converge, providing readers fresh perspectives on two of the greatest contemporary challenges for educators: crafting powerful curriculum in a standards-dominated era and ensuring academic success for the full spectrum of learners. Each model strengthens the other. Understanding by Design is predominantly a curriculum design model that focuses on what we teach. Differentiated Instruction focuses on whom we teach, where we teach, and how we teach. Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jay McTighe show you how to use the principles of backward design and differentiation together to craft lesson plans that will teach essential knowledge and skills for the full spectrum of learners. Connecting content and kids in meaningful ways is what teachers strive to do every day. In tandem, UbD and DI help educators meet that goal by providing structures, tools, and guidance for developing curriculum and instruction that bring to students the best of what we know about effective teaching and learning.

Download or read book Essential Questions written by Jay McTighe and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are "essential questions," and how do they differ from other kinds of questions? What's so great about them? Why should you design and use essential questions in your classroom? Essential questions (EQs) help target standards as you organize curriculum content into coherent units that yield focused and thoughtful learning. In the classroom, EQs are used to stimulate students' discussions and promote a deeper understanding of the content. Whether you are an Understanding by Design (UbD) devotee or are searching for ways to address standards—local or Common Core State Standards—in an engaging way, Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins provide practical guidance on how to design, initiate, and embed inquiry-based teaching and learning in your classroom. Offering dozens of examples, the authors explore the usefulness of EQs in all K-12 content areas, including skill-based areas such as math, PE, language instruction, and arts education. As an important element of their backward design approach to designing curriculum, instruction, and assessment, the authors *Give a comprehensive explanation of why EQs are so important; *Explore seven defining characteristics of EQs; *Distinguish between topical and overarching questions and their uses; *Outline the rationale for using EQs as the focal point in creating units of study; and *Show how to create effective EQs, working from sources including standards, desired understandings, and student misconceptions. Using essential questions can be challenging—for both teachers and students—and this book provides guidance through practical and proven processes, as well as suggested "response strategies" to encourage student engagement. Finally, you will learn how to create a culture of inquiry so that all members of the educational community—students, teachers, and administrators—benefit from the increased rigor and deepened understanding that emerge when essential questions become a guiding force for learners of all ages.

Download or read book Different by Design written by Mary Haywood Metz and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in print for use in your courses, this classic text features a new introduction by the author that situates the book in the context of present-day educational debates. This historic study analyzes the organizational and political pressures that combined to make three magnet schools distinctive social environments, a rare glimpse at the critical processes with which teachers and students in both "regular" schools and schools of choice must constantly struggle. In her new introduction, Metz discusses many of today's hot topics, including school choice, curricular reform, and school equity. She also looks at what has transpired in the school district and the schools since her study was first published two decades ago. The depth of detail in these case studies, along with the clear and systematic discussion of each school in terms of the theoretical framework provided by the author, make this a sought-after textbook for educational policy and school organization courses.

Download or read book Serving the Marginalized through Design Education written by Steven B. Webber and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design education and practice are inherently social from process to implementation. This book explores the transformation in design education, as educators prepare their students to address complex social design problems for all people in society. This seven-chapter volume provides the reader with a range of viewpoints on the role of design education in shaping the world. The book begins with the overarching potential of design to address the needs of an increasingly complex society and the importance of worldview that underpins education methodology. Each chapter addresses a context that varies by discipline – architecture, graphic, packaging and interior design – and location – Nigeria, Canada, Lebanon, UK and USA. The authors pull back the curtain on their educational methods and provide the reader with a candid view of their teaching outcomes. The needs of the marginalized – victims of Asian hate, students with dyslexia, tomato farmers and even design students themselves – are brought into focus here. These specific places and peoples provide a design context that can be translated to other situations in design education and practice. Design educators and practitioners of many design disciplines will benefit from the philosophical discussions and the practical education examples offered here. This volume can contribute to transforming design education that will one day transform design practice to place a greater emphasis on the needs of the forgotten in society.

Download or read book Launch written by John Spencer and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills-problem-solving, critical thinking, and imagination-that will help them shape the world's future ... our future. If that's true, why isn't creativity a priority in more schools today? Educators John Spencer and A.J. Juliani know firsthand the challenges teachers face every day: School can be busy. Materials can be scarce. The creative process can seem confusing. Curriculum requirements can feel limiting. Those challenges too often bully creativity, pushing it to the side as an "enrichment activity" that gets put off or squeezed into the tiniest time block. We can do better. We must do better if we're going to prepare students for their future. LAUNCH: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student provides a process that can be incorporated into every class at every grade level ... even if you don't consider yourself a "creative teacher." And if you dare to innovate and view creativity as an essential skill, you will empower your students to change the world-starting right now. Look, Listen, and Learn Ask Lots of Questions Understand the Problem or Process Navigate Ideas Create Highlight What's Working and Failing Are you ready to LAUNCH?

Download or read book Concept Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom written by H. Lynn Erickson and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable guide combines proven curriculum design with teaching methods that encourage students to learn concepts as well as content and skills for deep understanding across all subject areas.

Download or read book Lesson Design for Differentiated Instruction Grades 4 9 written by Kathy Tuchman Glass and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-01-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book provides helpful background information as well as a wide variety of examples of differentiated lessons, resource guides, reproducible templates, and a selection of grading tools ranging from rubrics to graphic organizers." —Allan Varni, Instructor and Regional Coordinator Division of Continuing Education, University of San Diego "Glass examines the constructs of masterful teaching and makes them accessible to all. Her intensely practical and forthright approach allows readers to immediately translate the concepts of differentiation into their classrooms." —Modell Marlow Andersen, Director of Educational Services Hillsborough City School District, CA Develop effective differentiated lessons that meet students′ individual learning needs! Differentiation allows teachers to target student needs and engage all students according to their learning preferences. Designed for teachers who are new to differentiating instruction, this book provides step-by-step guidance for creating meaningful lessons in language arts, math, science, and social studies at the upper elementary and middle school levels. Kathy Tuchman Glass helps teachers develop confidence and expertise in differentiating lessons, units, and assessments and provides a detailed planning template, numerous examples, and reproducibles. This user-friendly resource: Provides an overview of differentiation based on the backward design model Discusses strategies for differentiating content, process, and product Helps teachers organize lessons around guiding or essential questions for students to explore Shows how to take students′ learning characteristics (readiness, interests, learning styles) into consideration when planning lessons Lesson Design for Differentiated Instruction, Grades 4–9 helps teachers plan differentiated lessons that will promote learning for every student.