List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
1. What is the Let Me Learn Advanced Learning System?
The Theoretical Basis for the Let Me Learn Process
The First Tool: The Learning Connections Inventory
The Second Tool: The Personal Learning Profile
The Third Tool: The Word Wall
The Fourth Tool That FITs the Learner to the Task
The Fifth Tool That Pulls It all Together: The Strategy Card
The Overall Effect of Using LML Tools and Skills: Interntional Learning and Intentional Teaching
The Power of Let Me Learn's Integrated System
2. Meet Bonnie: Getting to Professional Change Through an Advanced Learning System
The Catalyst for Seeing the Possibility of Change
An Inquisitive Student of Learning: A Discerning Practical Professional
Why the Let Me Learn Process? A Conscious Choice
Bonnie's Learning Profile
Bonnie's Advice to Teachers Who Want to Implement LML
Bonnie's Experience of Change (Bob's Perspective)
3. September/October: Understanding the Self as Learner
Vignette 1: "Where Are All the Good Kids?"
Vignette 2: Eleanor's Search for the One Right Answer
Implementation Activities
LML's Effect on Communication (Bob's Perspective)
Bonnie's Experience of Change (Bob's Perspective)
4. November: Accepting Others as Learners
Vignette: Responses to The Giver
Bonnie's Reflections on Affect, Learning, and Community
Implementation Activities
LML and Affect (Bob's Perspective)
Bonnie's Experience of Change (Bob's Perspective)
5. December: Sustaining the LML Classroom
Vignette: Thomas's Nightclub Act
Bonnie's Reflection on Thomas's Night Club Act
Implementation Activities
LML's Effect on Student Thinking (Bob's Perspective)
Bonnie's Experience of Change (Bob's Perspective)
6. January: Becoming Intentional: The Turning Point
Vignette: Dina and the Tough Question
Bonnie's Reflection on Dina's Tough Question
Implementation Activities
LML's Effect on Student Engagement (Bob's Perspective)
Bonnie's Experience of Change (Bob's Perspective)
7. February: Learning to Navigate the Challenges of Group Work
Vignette: Anything but the Goat
Bonnie's Reflection on Russell and the Group
Implementation Activities
LML's Effect on Pattern Conflicts (Bob's Perspective)
LML?s Effects on Resolving Pattern Conflict and Building Teams (Bob's Perspective)
8. March: The Tipping Point
Vignette: An Internal Crisis
My Precision Pattern Intertwines With Accountability and Outcomes
Bonnie's Reflection on the Pain of Change
Implementation Activities
LML and Change (Bob's Perspective)
Reflective Practice Lies at the Heart of the LML Process (Bob's Perspective)
9. April: Evidence of a Transformed Classroom Culture
Students Help Each Other Become and Remain More Mindful
Vignette: Kippy Gets It Because His Peers Get It!
Implementation Activitiy: Simulating FIT--Forging, Intensifying, or Tethering
LML and Respect (Bob's Perspective)
LML?s Effect on Classroom Culture (Bob's Perspective)
10. May: So Much to Do?So Little Time! Panic or Picnic
Vignette: A Timeless Moment
Implementation Activities
LML's Effect on the Teacher (Bob's Perspective)
11. June: Note to Self--I Am a Viable Learner
Students' Advice to Their Future Selves
What Is It About LML That Enables Change to Succeed? (Bob's Perspective)
12. Epilogue: Honoring Intentional Teaching
Appendix: Additional Information About the Let Me Learn Process
Glossary of Let Me Learn Terms
References
Index