Beyond Counterfeit Reforms

Forging an Authentic Future for All Learners

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why do we do this?" when faced with the day-to-day realities of school, such as report cards, standardized tests, or textbooks? Chances are, if you are like most Americans, you haven't. William Spady has, however, and in Beyond Counterfeit Reforms he questions the dead-end assumptions of American education. He asserts a set of five "research realities" that should be the foundation of any truly learner-centered system: Human Potential, Human Learning, Domains of Living, Future Conditions, and Life Performance. Not only does Spady thoroughly articulate the bad news about the deep organizational flaws in our schools, but he develops the model of a Total Learning Community—a profoundly compelling description of a possible education and society which makes current reform methods look superficial and misguided in comparison.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-01-01
Mått:148 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780810840096

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William Spady is senior partner in ChangeLeaders, an international consulting company dedicated to maximizing personal and organizational effectiveness in business and education, located in Dillon, Colorado. He is known across the globe as a cutting-edge theorist, writer, developer, and leader in new-paradigm models of learning, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and outcome-based learning systems.

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Spady reaches beyond the superficial to enable readers to see education through new eyes. The solutions he proposes create new, exciting structures for children.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Preface: Beyond Counterfeit ReformsChapter 2 Foreword by Ian JukesChapter 3 Introduction: Knowing the Territory Called "School"Chapter 4 Moving Beyond Education's Dead End ChoiceChapter 5 Embracing the New Research RealitiesChapter 6 Total Learning for Total LivingChapter 7 Drowning in Old Paradigm IntertiaChapter 8 Exposing the Numbers GameChapter 9 Boxed in by ReformChapter 10 Creating Standards for Transforming EducationChapter 11 Step 1: Establishing a Culture of Total ProfessionalismChapter 12 Step 2: Laying a Foundation of Insight and InquiryChapter 13 Step 3: Defining Life Performance Learning EssentialsChapter 14 Step 5: Mobilizing Resources to Support LearningChapter 15 Summation: Forging an Authentic Future for All Our LearnersChapter 16 Invitations to ActChapter 17 Bibliography