Shift ed : a call to action for transforming K-12 education /: a call to action for transforming K-12 education. ([2011])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Houle, Jeff Cobb.
• Other Names: Houle, David; Cobb, Jeff
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Quick Look Back; The Agricultural Age; The Industrial Age; The Information Age; American Childhood Education Through the Ages; 2. The Current Landscape of Education in America; A System Out of Sync; Not Your Forefather's College; Learning - and Relearning - to Work; Holding Our Own in the Global Classroom; Facing the Issues and Shifting the Vision; Change Visions: From Train to Rocket; 3. A Look Ahead; The Shift Age; The Twenty-First Century; 2010 to 2020: The Transformation Decade; Change Visions: The Need for New; 4. Generations; Baby Boomers: The Bridge Generation; Generation X: A Different Voice; Millennials: The Emerging Leaders; Digital Natives: Today's and Tomorrow's Students; Change Visions: Reconnecting; 5. Why Transformation Is the Only Path; A Change in Form; A Change in Appearance; A Change in Nature; Signals From the Future; Change Visions: The New Architecture of Learning; 6. Working on the Shift Ed Vision; Jim Rex; Peter Renwick; Janice Mattina; Karen Woodward; 7. Ask the Right Questions; Technology and Connectivity; Calendar and Operations; Curriculum; Learning and the Brain; Infrastructure and the Physical Plant; Answering the Questions; Preparing Teachers; Your Contribution; Change Visions: Survival Skills for the Twenty-First Century; 8. Expand the Vision; The New Vision of Education for the Twenty-First Century; Four Fundamentals for Twenty-First-Century Education; 9. Start Now!; The Shift Ed 21; Parting - But Not Final - Words; Notes; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 170 pages)
• Subjects: 370.973; Educational change -- United States; Education -- United States -- Evaluation; Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Education and state -- United States; Educational planning -- United States; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; Education -- Aims and objectives; Education and state; Education -- Evaluation; Educational change; Educational planning; EDUCATION / Essays; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION / Reference; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452224480
• Related ISBNs: 145222448X; 9781412992961; 1412992966
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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