These 6 Things How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most

CHAPTER 1. Teaching Toward Everest
Long-Term Flourishing: The Peak of Peaks
Permission to Simplify
Let's Focus on What We Already Know
The Gist
PART I: START WITH THE HEART
CHAPTER 2. Cultivate Key Beliefs
Why Beliefs?
The Five Research-Based Beliefs That Drive Student Learning Behaviors (and How to Cultivate Them)
What I've Learned to Be True About These Beliefs
The Gist
PART II: MAKING MASTERY
CHAPTER 3. Build Knowledge Purposefully and Often
The Criticality of Knowledge
Promising Practices Toward Meaningful Knowledge Building
The Gist
CHAPTER 4. Argue Purposefully and Often
The Argument for Argument
Cultivate an Earnest and Amicable Argument Culture
Increase the Quantity of Argumentation in Your Classroom
Improve the Quality of Argumentation in Your Classroom
The Gist
PART III: LITERACY-RICH LEARNING EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER 5. Read Purposefully and Often
The Case for Reading Throughout the School Day
A Focused, Sensible Approach to Reading Throughout the School Day for the Long-Term Flourishing of Our Students
The Gist
CHAPTER 6. Write Purposefully and Often
The Case for Writing Throughout the School Day
A Focused, Sensible Approach to Writing Throughout the School Day for the Long-Term Flourishing of Our Students
Sanity Check: Mentally Disentangling Grading From Feedback and Better, Saner Tips for Tackling Both
The Gist
CHAPTER 7. Speak and Listen Purposefully and Often
The Case for Speaking and Listening Throughout the School Day
A Focused, Sensible Approach to Speaking and Listening Throughout the School Day for the Long-Term Flourishing of Our Students
The Gist
CHAPTER 8. Onward and Upward
Pick a Project
Commit to This, and Nothing Else, for a Long Time
A Gift for You
Acknowledgments
References and Recommended Readings
Index