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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480084303321

Autore

Kelly Frank S. <1941->

Titolo

Teaching the digital generation : no more cookie-cutter high schools / / Frank S. Kelly, Ted McCain, Ian Jukes ; foreword by Michael Hinojosa ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4522-9395-3

1-4522-0839-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

373.11020973

Soggetti

High school teaching - United States

Educational technology - United States

Educational innovations - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I""; ""Chapter 1 - Schools Must Change""; ""Chapter 2 - Changing the Process of Designing Schools""; ""Chapter 3 - No More Cookie-Cutter Schools""; ""Part II""; ""Chapter 4 - Models for High Schools""; ""Chapter 5 - Industrial Age High Schools: Schools for a World That No Longer Exists""; ""Chapter 6 - Academies""; ""Chapter 7 - Instructional Centers""; ""Chapter 8 - Academic Focus""; ""Chapter 9 - Learning Labs""; ""Chapter 10 - Self-Directed Learning""

""Chapter 11 - Time�Less + More""""Chapter 12 - Individualized Instruction""; ""Chapter 13 - Cyber Schools""; ""Chapter 14 - Diverse Learning Communities""; ""Chapter 15 - Diverse High Schools: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Schools Referenced""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The authors show how traditional industrial-type high schools have failed to meet students' learning needs and explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills.