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Literacy Is Still Not Enough
Modern Fluencies for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
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eBook - ePub
Literacy Is Still Not Enough
Modern Fluencies for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
About this book
Modern fluencies provide a platform for authentic teaching, learning, and assessment
While reading, writing, and arithmetic remain important, they are no longer enough. For learners to thrive, they must move beyond traditional literacies to modern fluencies—the unconscious mental processes that are learned, adapted, and applied in the context of real-world problems and challenges.
In this book, the authors unpack the fluencies (solution, information, creativity, communication, collaboration, and global citizenship) to reflect the relentless social, cultural, and economic shifts of modern times. Practical resources are presented alongside:
Learners today must master an entirely different set of essential skills and knowledge needed to succeed than previous generations. This book provides a practical framework for integrating new fluencies into traditional curriculum.
While reading, writing, and arithmetic remain important, they are no longer enough. For learners to thrive, they must move beyond traditional literacies to modern fluencies—the unconscious mental processes that are learned, adapted, and applied in the context of real-world problems and challenges.
In this book, the authors unpack the fluencies (solution, information, creativity, communication, collaboration, and global citizenship) to reflect the relentless social, cultural, and economic shifts of modern times. Practical resources are presented alongside:
- Authentic Unit Plan Exemplars for each fluency
- Assessment rubric examples
- Discussion questions
Learners today must master an entirely different set of essential skills and knowledge needed to succeed than previous generations. This book provides a practical framework for integrating new fluencies into traditional curriculum.
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Yes, you can access Literacy Is Still Not Enough by Nicky Mohan,Ian Jukes,Ryan L. Schaaf in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education Technology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface: Evolution of the Fluencies
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Part I Setting the Scene for the Modern Fluencies
- 1 Highly Educated Useless People
- 2 Education in the Age of Disruption
- 3 From Literacy to Fluency: The Starting Point
- 4 Modern Learning Pedagogy and the Learning Progression
- 5 Modern and Future-Ready Learning Environments
- Part II An Introduction to the Modern Fluencies
- 6 Teaching and Learning Using the Modern Fluencies
- 7 Solution Fluency: Real-World Problem Solving
- 8 Collaboration Fluency: Global Connections
- 9 Information Fluency: InfoWhelm and HyperInformation
- 10 Communication Fluency: Text and Multimedia
- 11 Creativity Fluency: Innovation and Imagination
- 12 Global Citizenship: Citizenship in the Digital Age
- 13 Authentic Assessment: Techniques and Strategies
- Part III Moving Forward
- 14 The Future of Education is Now: Are You Ready?
- 15 Fluency Resources
- References
- Index
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