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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163976103321

Autore

Reader Capitol

Titolo

Summary of The Global Achievement Gap [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013

ISBN

2-511-00213-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Education, Secondary -- Aims and objectives -- United States

Educational change -- United States

School improvement programs -- United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title page -- Book Presentation -- Book Abstract -- About the Author -- Important Note About This Ebook -- Summary of The Global Achievement Gap (Tony Wagner) -- Introduction -- The Seven Survival Skills -- The Old World of School -- Testing, 1-2-3 -- Reinventing the Education Profession -- Motivating Today's Students - And Tomorrow's Workers -- Closing the Gap: Schools that Work -- Buy the Book -- About the Summary Publisher -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Tony Wagner in his book "The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best School Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need- And What We Can Do About it". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Tony Wagner's book.Wagner examines the disconnect between what schools are providing students- passive learning experience and what employers are looking for-critical thinkers and problem solvers. He also recomme