Beyond Obsolete
How to Upgrade Classroom Practice and School Structure
Seiten
2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4476-4 (ISBN)
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4476-4 (ISBN)
This book connects a new history and philosophy of science with the history of education.
Americans have seen it all in education over the last twenty years: charter schools, vouchers, private schools, ever-changing sets of technology, increased funding for schools, decreased funding for schools, accountability measures for teachers, and on and on. These schemes never seem to make any real changes in student outcomes. This is because the obsolete educational system is simply not compatible with what we now know about how students learn and how teachers are developed and sustained. Beyond Obsolete: How to Upgrade Classroom Practice and School Structure delves into the history of Western Civilization, shows how a misunderstanding of this history informs our current educational system, and then makes a broad argument for a full-scale upgrade in teacher practice (the software) and school structure (the hardware). If educational reform is to be achieved, then superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals etc. will have to be declared obsolete. Education will have to move beyond them into a new era where teachers are the educational leaders in their field and their classroom practice is compatible with learning theory.
Americans have seen it all in education over the last twenty years: charter schools, vouchers, private schools, ever-changing sets of technology, increased funding for schools, decreased funding for schools, accountability measures for teachers, and on and on. These schemes never seem to make any real changes in student outcomes. This is because the obsolete educational system is simply not compatible with what we now know about how students learn and how teachers are developed and sustained. Beyond Obsolete: How to Upgrade Classroom Practice and School Structure delves into the history of Western Civilization, shows how a misunderstanding of this history informs our current educational system, and then makes a broad argument for a full-scale upgrade in teacher practice (the software) and school structure (the hardware). If educational reform is to be achieved, then superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals etc. will have to be declared obsolete. Education will have to move beyond them into a new era where teachers are the educational leaders in their field and their classroom practice is compatible with learning theory.
Chris Edwards, EdD, teaches World History, AP World History, and English at a public school in the Midwest. He is the author of numerous books on science, philosophy, and educational theory. He directs a summer institute for math and science teachers, is a frequent contributor to Skeptic magazine, and has presented his teaching methodology nationally through publications and presentations through the National Council for Social Studies.
Introduction
Chapter One: Civilization, Science, and Genius
Chapter Two: The Scientific Revolution and Western Civilization: New Understandings
Chapter Three: Platonic Fallacies, Big History, and Education
Chapter Four: Software Update
Chapter Five: Hardware Update and Compatibility
Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.02.2019 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 221 mm |
| Gewicht | 240 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4758-4476-X / 147584476X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4758-4476-4 / 9781475844764 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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