Joyful Learning

Active and Collaborative Learning in Inclusive Classrooms

Alice Udvari-Solner, Paula M. Kluth (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2008
Corwin Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4129-4174-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Intends to meet the needs of teachers in classrooms with ideas for building classroom communities, creating more active lectures, and motivating students to study and to learn from one another. This title includes fifty structures that can be used with students to maximize engagement in learning and effectively differentiate instruction.

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This book provides suggestions for successful learning experiences, and is ideal for inclusive classrooms and learners with a wide range of abilities, including cultural or linguistic differences.



The authors present techniques for using differentiation, active learning, and personalized instruction that enable teachers to use sound teaching practices and engage students in discussion, debate, creative thinking, questioning, teamwork, and collaborative learning.

Autor

Dr. Alice Udvari-Solner is a national consultant in education and holds an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction where she has prepared preservice teachers to work in inclusive settings for over three decades.  The graduate and undergraduate courses she teaches on the topic of accommodating diverse learners in general education settings are integral to the elementary, secondary, and special education teacher certification programs. Universal Design for Learning (UDL), differentiation, assistive technologies, collaborative teamwork among educators and paraprofessionals, and systems change toward inclusive education are areas that are central to her research and teaching.. Dr. Udvari-Solner’s research has focused on the development of the Universal Design Process for Differentiation—a method used to promote co-planning among educators to design responsive strategies for diverse learners. She had authored numerous journal articles and her work has been featured in multiple texts which include: Leading Inclusive Schools, Educating Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities: A Collaborative Approach, Creating the Inclusive School, Inclusive Urban High Schools, Quick Guides to Inclusion, Restructuring for a Caring & Effective Education, , and Creativity & Collaborative Learning.  Dr. Paula Kluth is a consultant, author, advocate, and independent scholar who works with teachers and families to provide inclusive opportunities for students with disabilities and to create more responsive and engaging schooling experiences for all learners. Paula is a former special educator who has served as a classroom teacher and inclusion facilitator. She is the author or co-author of more than 15 books including Universal Design Daily, 30 Days to the Co-Taugth Clasroom (with Julie Causton), From Text Maps to Memory Caps: 100 Ways to Differentiate Instruction in K-12 Inclusive Classrooms (with Sheila Danaher), "Don′t We Already Do Inclusion?": 100 Ways to Improve Inclusive Schools, You’re Welcome: 30 Innovative Ideas for the Inclusive Classroom (with Patrick Schwarz), and “You’re Going to Love This Kid”: Teaching Students with Autism in Inclusive Classrooms. To learn more about Paula, visit her personal Web site: www.paulakluth.com. Learn more about Paula on her webpage: www.paulakluth.com. You can also connect with her on social media including on Facebook (www.facebook.com/paulakluth); Twitter (twitter.com/PaulaKluth); and Pinterest (www.pinterest.com/paulapin).

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
1. Building Teams and Communities
That’s the Story of My Life!
Group Resume
What Is It?
We All Own the Problem
Pass the Compliment
Two Truths & a Lie
It’s a Small World
Makin’ Mottos
One Step Ahead
Once Upon a Time
2. Teaching and Learning
Walk It to Know It
Fishbowl Tag
Carousel
Novice or Veteran?
The Walking Billboard
Dinner Party
The Company You Keep
Classify, Categorize, and Organize
Collective Brainwriting
Professor Paragraph
3. Studying and Reviewing
Moving to the Music
Popcorn
Toss-a-Question
Guess Who?
Hot Seat
Say Something
Cracking the Code
Match Game
Paper Bag Interviews
Human Continuum
4. Creating Active Lectures
All Together Now!
Share & Compare
Stand and Deliver
Chants & Rants
The Whip
Numbered Heads Together
Take My Perspective, Please!
Lecture Reflections
Stop the Lecture & Start the Drama
Roundtable
5. Assessing and Celebrating
Are You Game?
Desktop Teaching
Gallery Walk
A Is For ______
Top Ten Lists
Catch!
Sixty-Second Commercial
Collaborative Quiz
Human Treasure Hunt
Act Like It!
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.2.2008
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 215 x 279 mm
• Gewicht: 420 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• ISBN-10: 1-4129-4174-1 / 1412941741
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4129-4174-7 / 9781412941747
• Zustand: Neuware