A Look at Transfer: Seven Strategies That Work (In A Nutshell Series) »

Robin Fogarty, Ph.D., is president of Robin Fogarty and Associates, Ltd., a Chicago-based, minority-owned, educational publishing/consulting company. Her doctorate is in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University of Chicago. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, Robin has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction and assessment strategies. She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consulted with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, Korea and the Netherlands. Robin has published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan and the Journal of Staff Development.  She is the author of numerous publications, including Brain-Compatible Classrooms, Ten Things New Teachers Need, Literacy Matters,  How to Integrate the Curricula,  The Adult Learner, A Look at Transfer, Close the Achievement Gap, Twelve Brain Principles, Nine Best Practices, and From Staff Room to Classroom: A Guide to Designing and CoachingProfessional Development.

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.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Transfer in Theory: Six Levels
Simple Transfer
Overlooks: Ollie, the Head-in-the-Sand Ostrich
Duplicates: Dan, the Drilling Woodpecker
Replicates: Laura, the Look-Alike Penguin
Complex Transfer
Integrates: Jonathan Livingston, the Seagull
Propagates: Cathy, the Carrier Pigeon
Innovates: Samantha, the Soaring Eagle
2. Transfer in Action: Seven Strategies
Rationale
Strategies
Understanding Transfer
Setting Expectations
Modeling with Authentic Artifacts
Reflecting on the Level of Transfer
Plotting on Application
Trying Something Immediately
Dialoguing with Lead-ins
3. Transfer in Reflection: Five Scenarios
Overlooked Transfer
The French Teacher
Simple Transfer
The Trigonometry Teacher
The Music Teachers
Complex Transfer
The Biology Teacher
The Family Living Teacher
Appendix: Student Transfer: A Look at
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