{"product_id":"9780807771426","title":"Teaching for Thinking Today: Strategies, and Activities for the K-8 Classroom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are turbulent times. We live in a climate of vigorous testing and memorization, so how can we both engage and challenge our children to learn and become thinking citizens in our society? In her invaluable new book, Selma Wassermann takes a step forward from Louis Rath’s seminal work and gives us some truly helpful answers to this modern dilemma. Using new data from her extensive field work, Wassermann (a co-author of \u003cem\u003eTeaching for Thinking, Second Edition\u003c\/em\u003e) provides a wealth of innovative classroom strategies that will enable and empower students to grasp the “big ideas” across virtually all curriculum areas and apply this knowledge to problem solving. Using a teacher-friendly style, this practical book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides the theoretical framework, tools, and teaching strategies to implement teaching-for-thinking programs in K–8 classrooms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers applications for classroom implementation in key curriculum areas of science, math, language arts, social studies, computer studies, art, and music.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how the standard classroom curriculum can be “tweaked” to emphasize higher-order cognitive skills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelma Wassermann\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Her books include\u003cem\u003eSerious Players in the Primary Classroom\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Teaching Elementary Science: Who’s Afraid of Spiders?\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTeaching for Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThis Teaching Life: How I Taught Myself to Teach\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As a teacher in 1967, I used the first edition of \u003cem\u003eTeaching for Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e to guide my work with students. Selma Wassermann now has imaginatively woven together new theory, strategies, and activities for thinking into a treasure trove for another generation of teachers committed to inquiry and the cultivation of student thinking. Bravo!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eLarry Cuban\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor Emeritus of Education, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Selma Wassermann's narratives capture well the substance and spirit of the philosophy of teaching for thinking developed earlier by Louis Raths, with her significant help. The text shares how recent research and development have enriched our understandings of the power of the theory presented here and the efficacy of its classroom applications.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eJames Raths\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107326148848,"sku":"9780807771426","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807771426_p0.jpg?v=1763739509","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807771426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}