Connected Classrooms
A People-Centered Approach for Online, Blended, and In-Person Learning (Create a positive learning environment for student engagement and enrichment)
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Connected Classrooms
A People-Centered Approach for Online, Blended, and In-Person Learning (Create a positive learning environment for student engagement and enrichment)
About This Book
Reimagine your school community. This practical guidebook will help you shift your mindset of online and blended learning from "backup plan" to unprecedented opportunity for rich connections and high-level learning. New and veteran teachers alike will gain insight on how to build in-person and online relationships with students and coworkers to achieve a learning community that supports social-emotional learning, equitable and inclusive instruction, and academic success.
Educators of hybrid learning environments will:
- Understand why relationship-building is fundamental to student success and gain best practices for establishing this foundation
- Discover new blended, online, and in-person strategies for strengthening connections with your diverse students
- Gain strategies for offering instruction that is affirming, representative of our diverse world, and rooted in equity
- Be empowered to think critically about and to change systems currently in place that limit students' ability to connect and thrive
- Choose strategies that fit your teaching style from the myriad of vibrant experiences contributed by educators around the world
Contents:
Preface: Our Journeys to Blended Education
Introduction: People-Centered Approaches to Teaching
Part I: Reimagining the Online Classroom
Chapter 1: Reimagining School as a Global Community Project
Chapter 2: Cultivating Strengths-Based Approaches for Inclusion, Support, and Counseling
Chapter 3: Fostering Relationships Through Connection-Based Feedback
Part II: Inclusive Practices: Diversity and Equity in the Online Classroom
Chapter 4: Centering Student Stories
Chapter 5: Honoring Multilingual and Multicultural Learners
Chapter 6: Accelerating Opportunities for Gifted and Talented Students
Epilogue
Appendix
Glossary
References and Resources
Index
Frequently asked questions
Information
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Preface: Our Journeys to Blended Education
- Introduction: People-Centered Approaches to Teaching
- Part I: Reimagining the Online Classroom
- Part II: Ensuring Equity and Inclusion in the Online Classroom
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Focus Group Transcript
- Glossary
- References and Resources
- Index