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Questions for Book Clubs

• What do you find most appealing about these schools? Do you have a favorite story, student, or teacher?

• All of the schools described in the book have strong cultures. Describe the culture. What do you think are the most important elements of the school culture that communicate the vision and empower teachers and students to engage in deeper learning? How can schools begin to develop a culture that supports DL? Who can lead, support, or sustain this within a school?

• What do you think is different for teachers at these schools?

• What are the most powerful ways that the teachers develop Deeper Learning outcomes – self direction, academic mindset, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration and communication? Is there an example of the teachers’ approach that you found most striking? How are teachers able to do this consistently within the school?

• Students in these schools have multiple opportunities for authentic, meaningful and relevant learning experiences. What are the most effective ways of connecting student learning to the real world? How do these connections change the nature of learning?

• The schools place great emphasis on customizing or personalizing learning for students. Why is this important for learning? What are the most powerful ways that the schools customize/personalize learning?

• All of these schools use technology at some level. How is technology used most effectively by teachers and students to support the culture, the pedagogy, and/or Deeper Learning outcomes?

See Coffee for the Brain DEEPER LEARNING book club.
“The best book on education I have read in the year 2014. Really great look into what makes deeper learning possible for schools. Great examples with many that could be applied to any school. I will be sharing this with every educator that I know. ”
—Aaron Maurer, coffeeforthebrain.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]