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Brainball:Teaching Inquiry and Social Studies as a Team Sport is an
attempt to clarify that not only is social studies a game, but that
it is one of the most useful and powerful games that teachers and
students will ever play. Games are the doing of theory, and maybe
it would be a good idea to start doing social studies in every
social studies classroom.
Brainball:Teaching Inquiry and Social Studies as a Team Sport is an
attempt to clarify that not only is social studies a game, but that
it is one of the most useful and powerful games that teachers and
students will ever play. Games are the doing of theory, and maybe
it would be a good idea to start doing social studies in every
social studies classroom.
Inquiry is becoming more and more an area of interest in education.
This book attempts to explain why music inquiry makes sense, what
pieces are required to do music inquiry effectively (the knowledge,
skills and dispositions) and then provides how to teach music
inquiry in a series of day-by-day lesson plans.
This volume of the Brainball series gives the theater classroom
teacher an intentional, sequenced process for creating inclusive
theatre pedagogy that maximizes students' learning. In addition,
the Brainball technique offers concrete forms of meaningful
assessment applicable to the theater classroom, and connects easily
to our newly published national standards in theatre arts
education. Brainball is a purposeful and process-driven set of
teaching strategies that gets students to "express their human
experience through representative actions." The book focuses on
creating experiences that allow students to grapple with what is
going on in their lives - and then work through the joys and pains
through role-play activities. This book is also an excellent
resource to help guide teachers in intentionally planning to get
students to develop positive dispositions, collaborative teams and
supportive communities where everyone contributes and everyone has
an important role.
This volume of the Brainball series gives the theater classroom
teacher an intentional, sequenced process for creating inclusive
theatre pedagogy that maximizes students' learning. In addition,
the Brainball technique offers concrete forms of meaningful
assessment applicable to the theater classroom, and connects easily
to our newly published national standards in theatre arts
education. Brainball is a purposeful and process-driven set of
teaching strategies that gets students to "express their human
experience through representative actions." The book focuses on
creating experiences that allow students to grapple with what is
going on in their lives - and then work through the joys and pains
through role-play activities. This book is also an excellent
resource to help guide teachers in intentionally planning to get
students to develop positive dispositions, collaborative teams and
supportive communities where everyone contributes and everyone has
an important role.
Higher-order thinking questions (and their answers) are considered
by many to be the holy grail of teaching. Teachers know when
students "get it", but the question remains "How do you teach
students to think explicitly and intentionally?" This book uses a
series of diagrams to make thinking explicit by using students'
personal experiences as the foundation for their thinking. Thinking
Diagrams will help the reader move beyond understanding what
metacognition is to teaching students how to understand their
thinking in visual form. This book is filled with contemporary and
practical insights regarding helping teachers of all levels foster
classrooms rich in student thinking, creativity, and learning.
Higher-order thinking questions (and their answers) are considered
by many to be the holy grail of teaching. Teachers know when
students "get it", but the question remains "How do you teach
students to think explicitly and intentionally?" This book uses a
series of diagrams to make thinking explicit by using students'
personal experiences as the foundation for their thinking. Thinking
Diagrams will help the reader move beyond understanding what
metacognition is to teaching students how to understand their
thinking in visual form. This book is filled with contemporary and
practical insights regarding helping teachers of all levels foster
classrooms rich in student thinking, creativity, and learning.
What is a game? You might think of cards and dice, computers, or
sports. You might even think of music or theater as games. But what
about Science? Games have rules, players, and objectives, but,
maybe most importantly, games are fun. People play games because
they think they are "fun," and sometimes they even learn some
important lessons. Classrooms are intended to teach important
lessons, and sometimes people think they are fun (not nearly often
enough). Brainball (Science Edition) is designed to combine the
best of both worlds! Science Inquiry is the game and learning the
intended outcome! Veteran science teachers Kolis and Lenz provide
small step-by-step 5E's lessons and an inquiry-based sequence to
guide you through that first learning experience so that you too
can play the game of Brainball (Science Edition)!
What is a game? You might think of cards and dice, computers, or
sports. You might even think of music or theater as games. But what
about Science? Games have rules, players, and objectives, but,
maybe most importantly, games are fun. People play games because
they think they are "fun," and sometimes they even learn some
important lessons. Classrooms are intended to teach important
lessons, and sometimes people think they are fun (not nearly often
enough). Brainball (Science Edition) is designed to combine the
best of both worlds! Science Inquiry is the game and learning the
intended outcome! Veteran science teachers Kolis and Lenz provide
small step-by-step 5E's lessons and an inquiry-based sequence to
guide you through that first learning experience so that you too
can play the game of Brainball (Science Edition)!
Inquiry is becoming more and more an area of interest in education.
This book attempts to explain why music inquiry makes sense, what
pieces are required to do music inquiry effectively (the knowledge,
skills and dispositions) and then provides how to teach music
inquiry in a series of day-by-day lesson plans.
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