Project-Based Learning Across the Disciplines
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A turnkey and cost-effective PBL framework that is highly recommended!
Are you tired of complex and costly PBL models that fall short of your instructional goals? The +1Pedagogy™ framework is a fresh new approach to project-based learning that helps you support students’ academic, literacy, and life goals. You’ll learn to easily blend theory and practice, core standards, 21st Century Skills, and technology for a comprehensive – and unforgettable - learning experience.
K-12 educators, coaches and administrators will learn to:
- Stimulate students’ interest across disciplines
- Implement a turnkey, interdisciplinary framework
- Immerse students in authentic inquiry and real-world application
- Integrate college and career readiness and digital technology
The book includes 9 sample units with interdisciplinary features and more than 30 helpful templates. Accelerate achievement with this inspiring and informative guide!
"I have no doubt that Dr. Warren′s comprehensive, highly-readable, and excellent book will be a standard and sought-after resource for any teacher who strives to implement rigorous, exciting, and real-world project-based learning in their classroom."Elisa Salasin, Program Director of Developmental Teacher Education
University of California, Berkeley
"What a rich resource and blueprint to guide and support reluctant educators! This work will bring many stuck learning environments into the 21st century."
Kendra Wallace, Principal
The Joseph Sears School, Kenilworth, IL
Dr. Warren’s framework will impact the learning of students and allow for creativity to blossom and ownership to be assumed by supporting both the educator and the learner."
Deborah Hamm, Superintendent of Schools
Newton USD, Newton, KS
Acacia M. Warren, Ed.D.,is currently an assistant principal in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), where she has served as a teacher, coach, Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) coordinator, Response to Intervention (RtI) Expert, Common Core Facilitator, and district coordinator. She has extensive expertise in facilitating professional development for hundreds of schools, promoting literacy across the disciplines, Common Core planning and curriculum design, and integrating technology with instructional practices. Dr. Warren’s passion is providing teachers/educators with strategies and tools that accelerate achievement in the classroom and equipping administrators with strategies for leading these efforts. Prior to Dr. Warren’s professional experiences in LAUSD, she served a teacher for the Oakland Unified School District. Dr. Warren is also the president of Acacia Tree Learning Services, an educational consulting business that thrives on project-based learning, technology-integrated instruction, professional development, and global competence.
Dr. Warren credits her educational career and academic successes to her alma maters – University of California, Riverside (B.A.); University of California, Berkeley (M.A. and Teaching Credential); California State University, Dominguez Hills (M.A.); and the University of Southern California (Ed.D.). She is grateful for the knowledge, research, and networking opportunities that each institution has provided. Dr. Warren can be reached through her educational website, www.acaciatreelearning.com, a digital resource that supports implementation of the contents presented in this book.