Lesson Planning with Purpose - 9780807763995

Lesson Planning with PurposeFive Approaches to Curriculum Design\nAuthor(s): Christy McConnell, Bradley Conrad, P. Bruce Uhrmacher\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Teachers' College Press, United States\nImprint: Teachers' College Press\nISBN-13: 9780807763995, 978-0807763995\nSynopsis\nWhen teachers and students are both engaged in the educational enterprise, every day has the potential to be transformative. Lesson Planning with Purpose takes readers on a journey through many pathways to engaging and meaningful educational experiences. The text first discusses Perceptive Teaching: the belief that teachers must know themselves and their students while cultivating culturally sensitive, safe, and inviting spaces for learning for all students. Next, five unique approaches to lesson planning are explored: behaviorist, constructivist, aesthetic, ecological, and integrated socialemotional learning. Each chapter provides the rationale for the approach, its theoretical background, practical ap.