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Shift ed : a call to action for transforming K-12 education / David Houle, Jeff Cobb.
- Title
- Shift ed : a call to action for transforming K-12 education / David Houle, Jeff Cobb.
- Author
- Houle, David
- Publication
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Cobb, Jeff.
- Description
- x, 170 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "A comprehensive guide to transforming American schools Futurist David Houle issues a call to action to everyone who is concerned about education in America. He argues that reinventing our system is inevitable and we already have the information and capabilities to make the necessary changes. challenges us to ask the right questions, expand our vision, and take action now. The book includes an overview of the educational system and expert opinions on key areas, including: Technology and connectivity Organizational behavior Curriculum Learning and the brain Infrastructure and the physical plant"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. A Quick Look Back -- The Agricultural Age -- The Industrial Age -- The Information Age -- American Childhood Education Through the Ages -- 2. The Current Landscape of Education in America -- A System Out of Sync -- Not Your Forefather's College -- Learning -- and Relearning -- to Work -- Holding Our Own in the Global Classroom -- Facing the Issues and Shifting the Vision -- Change Visions: From Train to Rocket -- 3. A Look Ahead -- The Shift Age -- The Twenty-First Century -- 2010 to 2020: The Transformation Decade -- Change Visions: The Need for New -- 4. Generations -- Baby Boomers: The Bridge Generation -- Generation X: A Different Voice -- Millennials: The Emerging Leaders -- Digital Natives: Today's and Tomorrow's Students -- Change Visions: Reconnecting -- 5. Why Transformation Is the Only Path -- A Change in Form -- A Change in Appearance -- A Change in Nature -- Signals From the Future -- Change Visions: The New Architecture of Learning -- 6. Working on the Shift Ed Vision -- Jim Rex -- Peter Renwick -- Janice Mattina -- Karen Woodward -- 7. Ask the Right Questions -- Technology and Connectivity -- Calendar and Operations -- Curriculum -- Learning and the Brain -- Infrastructure and the Physical Plant -- Answering the Questions -- Preparing Teachers -- Your Contribution -- Change Visions: Survival Skills for the Twenty-First Century -- 8. Expand the Vision -- The New Vision of Education for the Twenty-First Century -- Four Fundamentals for Twenty-First-Century Education -- 9. Start Now! -- The Shift Ed 21 -- Parting -- But Not Final -- Words.
- ISBN
- 9781412992961 (pbk.)
- 1412992966 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2010051856
- OCLC
- 681497808
- SCSB-11746219
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library