Teaching for Deeper Learning

About This Session

Description

This session highlights that lesson plans serve as a guide, but true learning occurs through dynamic and intentional teaching strategies.

Educators will explore how to adapt instruction to meet diverse learner needs, fostering curiosity and deeper understanding. Key strategies include scaffolding concepts for gradual mastery, using inquiry-based methods to encourage student-led discovery, and connecting lessons to real-world contexts.

Participants will learn how to implement active learning techniques, facilitate critical thinking, and design meaningful assessments that guide instruction and deepen understanding. Through these approaches, teachers can transform their lesson plans into impactful tools for engaging, empowering, and inspiring learners.

What we'll cover:

Together in this session, we will learn how to scaffold concepts, foster inquiry-based discovery, and create real-world connections to make content meaningful. Emphasis will be placed on active learning techniques, facilitating critical thinking, and using assessments to guide instruction.

Discover how adaptable, student-centered approaches can inspire curiosity, engage learners, and promote mastery, taking education beyond surface-level teaching into meaningful, impactful experiences.

Identify effective teaching strategies that adapt lesson plans to meet diverse learner needs;
Apply scaffolding, inquiry-based learning, and real-world connections to enhance student engagement and understanding;
Develop active learning techniques and meaningful assessments to support critical thinking and guide instruction.