My Library

   
Limit search to available items
Resources
More Information
Book Cover
Book
Author Perkins, David N

Title Making learning whole : how seven principles of teaching can transform education / David N. Perkins.

Imprint San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 2009

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Female Library  LB1060.P448 2009    Available
Description x, 252 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-241) and index.
Contents Introduction : a whole new ball game -- Play the whole game -- Make the game worth playing -- Work on the hard parts -- Play out of town -- Uncover the hidden game -- Learn from the team -- Learn the game of learning -- Afterword : the future of learning.
Summary In Making learning whole, David Perkins, a noted authority on teaching and learning and co-director of Harvard's Project Zero, introduces a practical and research-based framework for teaching. He describes how teaching any subject at any level can be made more effective if students are introduced to the "whole game," rather than isolated pieces of a discipline. Perkins explains how learning academic subjects should be approached like learning baseball or any game, and he demonstrates this with seven principles for making learning whole: from making the game worth playing (emphasizing the importance of motivation to sustained learning), to working on the hard parts (the importance of thoughtful practice), to learning how to learn (developing self-managed learners)
Subject Learning
Effective teaching
Added Title How seven principles of teaching can transform education
ISBN 9780470633717 (pbk.)
9780470384527 (cloth)