The School as a Home for the Mind: Creating Mindful Curriculum, Instruction, and

Description: The School as a Home for the Mind: Creating Mindful Curriculum, Instruction, and Dialogue by Arthur L. Costa Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description ""Within this robust collection, the reader is soon privy to a noble and notable vision of schooling in which mindfulness permeates the metaphorical walls of the school and all of its structural components: the curriculum, the instruction, and the reflective practices of those immersed in the vision.""???From the Foreword by Robin Fogarty""What is the next best thing to having the opportunity to be in one of Art Costa's presentations? It is clearly the opportunity to read and reread his work. He has a knack for making the theoretical understandable and the practical 'practice-able.'""???Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant""Art Costa has done more than anyone I can think of to advance the practical cause of more thoughtful education.""???David Perkins, Professor of EducationHarvard University"Create a culture where the process of thinking is the content of instruction!"This unique guide reflects the author's best and most recent research, theory, and practice for the teaching of thinking. Arthur L. Costa explains why educators need to integrate explicit thinking instruction into daily lessons, illustrates what the instruction of thinking looks like in the classroom, and identifies the curricular changes that can have the most positive impact. The text also examines: Curriculum mapping efforts that support the teaching of thinkingSpecific teaching behaviors that foster students' thinking processesCognitive coaching that encourages a high level of performanceMetacognitive mediations that connect immediate lessons to lifelong learning Publisher Description Examines why educators need to integrate explicit thinking instruction into daily lessons and illustrates what thinking-and the teaching of thinking-looks and sounds like. Author Biography Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento. He is Co-Founder of the Institute for Habits of Mind and Co-founder of the Center for Cognitive Coaching. He served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, and an assistant superintendent for instruction in the Office of the Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools and as the director of educational programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He has made presentations and conducted workshops in all 50 states as well as on six of the seven continents Active in many professional organizations, Art served as president of the California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and was the National President of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, from 1988 to 1989. He was the recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Urban Alliance in 2010. Details ISBN 1412950740 ISBN-13 9781412950749 Title The School as a Home for the Mind: Creating Mindful Curriculum, Instruction, and Dialogue Author Arthur L. Costa Format Paperback Year 2007 Pages 259 Edition 2nd Publisher Corwin Press GE_Item_ID:145474989; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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