Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education
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Making Learning Whole"One summer I participated in Little League baseball . . . Baseball for me was a triumph of mediocrity. I wasn't especially good at it but I wasn't awful either . . . In the years since those days I've come to an odd conclusion about those early learning experiences: The results were only so-so but the process was pretty good . . . It was pretty good because from the beginning I built up a feel for the whole game. I knew what hitting the ball or missing the ball got you. I knew about scoring runs and keeping score. I knew what I had to do to do well, even though I only pulled it off part of the time. I saw how it fit together."—from the IntroductionIn Making Learning Whole, David Perkins—a noted authority on teaching and learning and senior co-director of Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education—introduces a new, practical, and research-based framework for teaching. Using learning the game of baseball as a metaphor, Perkins illustrates how teaching any subject at any grade level can be made more effective if students are introduced to the "whole game," rather than isolated pieces of a discipline. Filled with real-world examples, Making Learning Whole describes how learning can be organized for deep and lasting impact by using these seven principles: Play the Whole Game Make the Game Worth Playing Work on the Hard Parts Play Out of Town Uncover the Hidden Game Learn from the Team Learn the Game of LearningAt the end of each chapter, Perkins includes "Wonders of Learning," a summary of the key ideas and "I wonder . . ." questions, which can be answered in real contexts of teaching and learning.
Introduction A Whole New Ball Game 11 Play the Whole Game 252 Make the Game Worth Playing 533 Work on the Hard Parts 794 Play Out of Town 1095 Uncover the Hidden Game 1336 Learn from the Team 1697 Learn the Game of Learning 193Afterword: The Future of Learning 213Notes 227Index 243
