The new American high school / / Theodore R. Sizer ; foreword by Deborah Meier ; introduction by Nancy Faust Sizer
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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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| Pubblicazione: | San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 373.73 |
| Soggetto topico: | High schools - United States |
| Education, Secondary - Aims and objectives - United States | |
| Educational change - United States | |
| Classificazione: | EDU000000 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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 shape to a much-needed agenda for improving our high schools. Includes a vision for the future of our High Schools from one of America's greatest leaders of educational reform Written by Theodore Sizer founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools and author of landmark book Horace's Compromise This final book from the late Theodore Sizer reveals the man and his vision for our secondary education system"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The new American high school |
| ISBN: | 1-118-58498-8 |
| 1-118-58497-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817669303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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