Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Help adult learners transfer professional development content into their classrooms.
Using teacher-tested techniques, the authors present research-based strategies for professional developers that foster content transfer from the staff training setting directly into the classroom. Listing the types of content transfer teachers commonly use, the text calls on staff trainers to: Understand how transfer works and set expectations for transfer of learningModel authentic examples of what successful transfer looks like in the classroomInvite participants to consider their usual styles of transfer and to try new onesBrainstorm ideas with adult learners for applying new content in their lessons
Synopsis
A Look at Transfer examines the six levels of transfer and the adult learner. The book explores the seven bridging strategies to use with adult learners as they learn how the professional development content they are learning does, indeed, transfer into their classrooms and into their life situations.