Imagine if going to school meant more than preparing kids for a test, teaching a canned curriculum, and training students for their future as workers. What if school were also about cultivating students to be caring, community-involved citizens and critical, creative thinkers who love to read? In Caring Hearts & Critical Minds, teacher-author Steven Wolk demonstrates how to integrate inquiry learning, exciting and contemporary literature, and teaching for social responsibility across the curriculum.
Imagine if going to school meant more than preparing kids for a test, teaching a canned curriculum, and training students for their future as workers. What if school were also about cultivating students to be caring, community-involved citizens and critical, creative thinkers who love to read? In Caring Hearts & Critical Minds, teacher-author Steven Wolk demonstrates how to integrate inquiry learning, exciting and contemporary literature, and teaching for social responsibility across the curriculum.
Steven Wolk has worked in education for nearly twenty-five years. He taught elementary and middle school in a variety of settings, including the Chicago Public Schools, and is currently a professor in the Teacher Education Department at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. Steve lives in Chicago with his wife and his son, who has just started high school.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1: Why Read? Chapter 2: Good Books Chapter 3: Learning Through Inquiry Chapter 4: Teaching for Social Responsibility Chapter 5: Real-World Resources Chapter 6: Designing an Inquiry Unit Chapter 7: Does Technology Always Make Life Better? Chapter 8: Why Should I Care About the Environment? Chapter 9: What Is Empathy? Chapter 10: Why Should I Care About What Is Happening Around the World? Chapter 11: Why Care About Poverty? Chapter 12: Reading for Heart and Mind (in the Age of Testing and Standards) Chapter 13: Becoming a Teacher of Inquiry
Introduction Chapter 1: Why Read? Chapter 2: Good Books Chapter 3: Learning Through Inquiry Chapter 4: Teaching for Social Responsibility Chapter 5: Real-World Resources Chapter 6: Designing an Inquiry Unit Chapter 7: Does Technology Always Make Life Better? Chapter 8: Why Should I Care About the Environment? Chapter 9: What Is Empathy? Chapter 10: Why Should I Care About What Is Happening Around the World? Chapter 11: Why Care About Poverty? Chapter 12: Reading for Heart and Mind (in the Age of Testing and Standards) Chapter 13: Becoming a Teacher of Inquiry
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