| Beyond Obsolete: How to Upgrade Classroom Practice and School Structure Contributor(s): Edwards, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 1475844751 ISBN-13: 9781475844757 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $87.12 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Education | Professional Development |
| Dewey: 371.207 |
| LCCN: 2018041038 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Americans have seen it all in education over the last twenty years: charter schools, vouchers, private schools, ever-changing sets of technology, increased funding for schools, decreased funding for schools, accountability measures for teachers, and on and on. These schemes never seem to make any real changes in student outcomes. This is because the obsolete educational system is simply not compatible with what we now know about how students learn and how teachers are developed and sustained. Beyond Obsolete: How to Upgrade Classroom Practice and School Structure delves into the history of Western Civilization, shows how a misunderstanding of this history informs our current educational system, and then makes a broad argument for a full-scale upgrade in teacher practice (the software) and school structure (the hardware). If educational reform is to be achieved, then superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals etc. will have to be declared obsolete. Education will have to move beyond them into a new era where teachers are the educational leaders in their field and their classroom practice is compatible with learning theory. |