| Contents |
Introduction: teaching on purpose -- Responsive teaching: what it is, why it matters -- Motivation, engagement, and designing classrooms for responsive teaching -- Using students' funds of knowledge to plan on purpose -- Model unit plan 1: using funds of knowledge to engage students in learning mathematical functions -- Planning purposeful instruction for successful teaching and learning -- Model unit plan 2: climate change and scientific literacy -- Asking sincere questions -- Model unit plan 3: using sincere questions to teach imperialism in social studies -- Using multiple media on purpose -- Model unit plan 4: an odyssey into multiple media -- Conclusion: teaching on purpose. |
| Abstract |
The authors provide secondary teachers with scientifically proven strategies for creating learning environments that increase student engagement and academic achievement. The text features model units authored and taught by practicing classroom teachers in math, science, social studies, and language arts that can be used in any classroom. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Burns, Leslie D., author. Teach on purpose! New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2016] 9780807774922 |
| LCCN | 2016026989 |
| ISBN | 9780807757888 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0807757888 (pbk.) |
| Standard identifier# |
99968869112 |
