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Deeper learning : how eight innovative public schools are transforming education in the twenty-first century /

Studies suggest that up to half of high school dropouts leave school because their classes are boring or irrelevant to their lives and aspirations. Yet the majority of U.S. schools continue their attempts to engage some 50 million students through conventional methods such as lectures, note-taking,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martinez, Monica R.
Otros Autores: McGrath, Dennis, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Studies suggest that up to half of high school dropouts leave school because their classes are boring or irrelevant to their lives and aspirations. Yet the majority of U.S. schools continue their attempts to engage some 50 million students through conventional methods such as lectures, note-taking, and rote learning, often with dismal results. In Deeper Learning, award-winning education strategist Monica Martinez and education sociologist Dennis McGrath offer a transformative framework for learning that has led to standout results in schools across the country and has the potential.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (209 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781595589941
1595589945