(Framework for Teaching Cluster #4: Student Intellectual Engagement)
Course Description:
Gain an in-depth understanding of how to develop high levels of student intellectual energy and commitment by offering a variety of learning pathways. When designing and instructing using a variety of gradual release approaches, you promote student agency while working through challenging content. Connect to ways of using this Framework for Teaching cluster to maximize teaching and student learning.
- Learn how to use the principles of backwards design and structured gradual release to support the priorities contained in this Framework for Teaching cluster
- Explore instructional practices that engage, empower, and motivate students
- Gain practical design and instructional techniques that emphasize how minor changes in teaching can create powerful shifts in student learning
Session Length: 1 day