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Mastering Depth and Complexity
THE DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY FRAMEWORK HAS THE POWER TO TURN YOU INTO A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY TEACHER
Forget about the latest education buzzwords, random mishmash ideas, and feel-good slogans that don’t accomplish anything.
There’s a path to great teaching, and it’s here for you. Turn Depth and Complexity into your teaching superpower.
What if you could feel as good about your teaching at the END of the day as you did when you were sitting on your couch planning?
What if you could walk into your classroom everyday knowing you can meet the needs of varying levels of students at the same time?
What if you could stop worrying about testing and just teach, building the classroom you really want?
Hi, I’m List Van Gemert, an educator and author of the bestselling book on Depth and Complexity.
In just a few hours, I will teach you everything you need to know to create amazing learning opportunities for students full of deep thinking, lively discussion, and content mastery at a level you never dreamed possible.
14 Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Depth and Complexity
Module 1:
In this module, you’ll learn:
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- The need for Depth and Complexity and its origin story
- How Depth and Complexity can help you as a teacher
The two lessons in this module will set you on the path of your Depth & Complexity journey!
Note: If you're using a district internet connection, make sure Vimeo is not blocked in order to be able to see the videos. If you'd like to test it, here's a link to a documentary on Vimeo about the beach party movie genre!
Module 3: The Thinking Prompts, Part 2
Module 3:
In this module, you’ll learn these four thinking prompts:
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- Details🍃
- Language of the Discipline👄
- Big Idea🌳
- Change over Time⏳
Wow! When you're done with this module, you'll have eight of the eleven thinking prompts in your toolbox!
At the end of each lesson, you will answer a single question as a quick check for understanding. This makes it more likely you'll have no difficulty with the assessment!
Remember, if you have any questions, send me an email at lisa@giftedguru.com or join in the livestreamed office hours each month. You'll be getting email information about the livestreams!
Module 5: Frames
Module 5: Frames
Now that you've learned about the eleven thinking prompts, you're ready to learn one of the coolest things to do with Depth and Complexity - create frames.
By the end of this module, you'll have mastered:
- Why we use frames
- How to create a quality frame
- Different frame shapes
- Activities and options with frames
- Common mistakes in frames
At the end of each lesson, you will answer a single question as a quick check for understanding. This makes it more likely you'll have no difficulty with the assessment!
Module 6: Introducing Students to the Framework
In this Bonus Module, you'll learn how to introduce the Depth and Complexity framework to students.
Be sure to get the link to the slidedeck in your Course Guide. It has the slides you can use to introduce the framework itself, as well as all of the thinking prompts!
Module 8: Disciplinarianism
Module 8: Disciplinarianism
This module explores disciplinarianism, a highly useful aspect of the Depth and Complexity framework.
By the end of this module, you'll have learned:
- the role of disciplinarianism in classroom practice
- examples of disciplinarianism
- how to implement it into your classroom
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IMPORTANT NOTE:By purchasing this course, you receive a single-use license to the course materials intended for one teacher to use in his or her individual classroom. This course is not for professional development facilitators who wish to add material to their own courses or as part of their own professional development resources. Per the Terms and Conditions you agreed to on purchase, the Course content and resources are for your own personal use. You are granted a single-use, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Course content and resources. You hereby agree that you will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found in the course. Sharing Course materials in any way, including making physical copies of resources for other teachers, sharing login credentials, or making digital copies available for download (whether for profit or not) is a violation of these Terms. Thank you for respecting democratized curriculum development and copyright law by complying with these practices and allowing us to keep supporting excellent educators.
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