In search of deeper learning : the quest to remake the American high school /

"An award-winning professor and an accomplished educator, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine take us beyond the hype of reform and inside some of America's most innovative classrooms to show what is working--and what isn't. In a world where test scores have been king, this boldly humanistic boo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Mehta, Jal (Author), Fine, Sarah M., 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
High schools > United States > Administration > Case studies.
High school environment > United States > Case studies.
Educational change > United States > Case studies.
School improvement programs > United States > Case studies.
Public schools > United States > Case studies.
Education > Aims and objectives > United States > Case studies.
Education > Experimental methods.
Écoles secondaires > États-Unis > Administration > Études de cas.
Milieu scolaire (Écoles secondaires) > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enseignement > Méthodes expérimentales.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Education > Aims and objectives
Education > Experimental methods
Educational change
High school environment
High schools > Administration
Public schools
School improvement programs
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The state of deeper learning in American high schools
  • The progressive frontier: project-based learning
  • No excuses schools: benefits and tradeoffs
  • International baccalaureate: a system for deeper learning?
  • The comprehensive high school: performance versus learning
  • Deeper learning at the margins: why the periphery is often more vital than the core
  • Deeper teaching: rigor, joy and apprenticeship
  • Mastery, identity, creativity, and the future of schooling.

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