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Autore |
Sizer Theodore R |
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Titolo |
The new American high school / / Theodore R. Sizer ; foreword by Deborah Meier ; introduction by Nancy Faust Sizer |
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San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-58498-8 |
1-118-58497-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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High schools - United States |
Education, Secondary - Aims and objectives - United States |
Educational change - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Praise for The New American High School -- Also by Theodore R. Sizer -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword by Deborah Meier -- Preface: The Lay of the Land -- Introduction by Nancy Faust Sizer -- CHAPTER ONE: The Problem -- CHAPTER TWO: Growing Up American -- CHAPTER THREE: Learning -- CHAPTER FOUR: Differences -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Language of Schooling -- CHAPTER SIX: Time -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Space and Costs -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Courses -- CHAPTER NINE: Technology -- CHAPTER TEN: Pedagogy -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Testing -- CHAPTER TWELVE: Choice -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Faith -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Morality -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Prospect -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- About the Author -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The late Theodore Sizer's vision for a truly democratic public high school systemOur current high schools are ill-designed and inefficient. We have inherited a program of studies that in its overall structure has not changed in over a century. The question is What's next? Theodore Sizer, the founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools, was a passionate advocate for the American school system. In this, his last book, he offers a vision of what a future secondary education might look like. In a book that tells the story of his own odyssey, Sizer gives |
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