Teaching for Deeper Learning: Strategies and Tools for Engaging Meaning Making
Join best-selling authors Jay McTighe and Harvey Silver as they preview content from their award-winning ASCD book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making. Harvey & Jay will share a set of practical and proven strategies and tools to actively engage students in making meaning.
Outcomes:Participants will be able to: • Define "deeper learning. • Explain how deeper learning occurs and the instructional implications. • Apply five specific strategies and tools to actively engage students in making meaning.
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Ballroom B, Walter E Washington Convention Center
Curriculum Design & Lesson Planning, Instructional Leadership & Coaching, Instructional Strategies, Student Engagement & Motivation
Learning Lab
Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
All Roles
Presented by
President, Author, & Trainer
The Thoughtful Classroom
ASCD & ISTE Author
Harvey is the co-founder and president of Silver Strong & Associates. A dynamic speaker and leading expert on the use of practical, research-based techniques for improving classroom instruction, Harvey presents regularly at national and regional education conferences. He also works directly with schools, districts, and education organizations around the world, conducting workshops on a wide range of topics including student engagement, deeper learning, instructional leadership, and strategic lesson/unit design. Harvey is the author of a number of articles and best-sellers, including ASCD’s Teaching for Deeper Learning, and is the lead developer of the award-winning Tools for Today’s Educators book series.
Author and Consultant
McTighe and Associates, Consulting
ASCD & ISTE Author
Jay McTighe is a veteran education and accomplished author, having co-written 18 books, including the award-winning and best-selling Understanding by Design® series with Grant Wiggins. His books have been translated into fourteen languages. Jay has also written more than 50 book chapters, articles and blogs, and been published in leading journals, including Educational Leadership (ASCD), Edutopia and Education Week. Jay has an extensive background in professional development and is a regular speaker at state, national and international conferences. He has made presentations in 48 states within the United States, in 7 Canadian provinces, and internationally in 41 countries on six continents.
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Ballroom B, Walter E Washington Convention Center
Curriculum Design & Lesson Planning, Instructional Leadership & Coaching, Instructional Strategies, Student Engagement & Motivation
Learning Lab
Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
All Roles