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Lets Stop Teaching and Start Designing Learning: A Practical Guide

Lets Stop Teaching and Start Designing Learning: A Practical Guide

by Jason Kennedy (Author)

How can you shift from a focus on content to the creation of active learning experiences? In this practical resource, author Jason Kennedy provides a blueprint to help you stop teaching and start designing learning, so you can improve students' critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and collaboration with others, preparing them for their futures beyond school doors.This is a resource for new teachers needing a place to start, veterans wanting to reimagine the practice, and administrators desiring to become instructional leaders. The framework for learning design covers components of planning (learning targets), of instruction (the opening, learning task, skills, tools, and success criteria), and of the work session (choices, pathways, feedback, and assessment). Appropriate for teachers of any subject area, the book also offers wide variety of tools to help you implement the ideas in your own setting.There is no better time than now to reimagine what teaching is into what it should be, learning. Learning IS the job. Design for it to happen intentionally.

Let's Stop Teaching and Start Designing Learning: A Practical Guide by Jason Kennedy is a groundbreaking book that challenges traditional approaches to education and offers a new vision for learning. Kennedy argues that the current education system is failing our students and that we need to stop teaching and start designing learning experiences that are engaging, relevant, and effective.

Kennedy draws on his own experience as a teacher and education consultant to provide practical guidance on how to create learner-centered learning environments. He offers a wealth of strategies and techniques that can be used to design learning experiences that are meaningful, memorable, and motivating. Kennedy also discusses the importance of assessment and how to use it to improve learning.

Let's Stop Teaching and Start Designing Learning is a must-read for anyone who is interested in creating a more effective and engaging learning environment. It is a book that will challenge your thinking about education and inspire you to create learning experiences that make a real difference in the lives of your students.

Here are some of the key takeaways from Let's Stop Teaching and Start Designing Learning:

  • The current education system is failing our students.
  • We need to stop teaching and start designing learning experiences that are engaging, relevant, and effective.
  • Learner-centered learning environments are more effective than traditional teacher-centered environments.
  • Assessment should be used to improve learning, not just to measure it.
  • Technology can be used to create more effective and engaging learning experiences.

Let's Stop Teaching and Start Designing Learning is a book that is full of practical advice and inspiration. It is a must-read for anyone who is interested in creating a more effective and engaging learning environment.

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Pages:
168
Language:
English