The Right to Learn: A Blueprint for Creating Schools That Work - Couverture rigide

Darling-Hammond, Linda

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ISBN 10 : 0787902616 ISBN 13 : 9780787902612

Editeur : Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1997

Synopsis

This work proposes a plan that would give all children with an intelligence capable of free and independent thought. Using interviews and case studies, the book claims that, above all, teachers, schools and education as a whole must be humane to children.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"While she recognizes the necessity for school reform and the complexity of implementing it, Darling–Hammond remains optimistic that systemic changes to ensure access to a meaningful education for all children are possible. Her book is positive and hopeful and serves as a fascinating account of American education and its promise of ′the right to learn′ for all children.""In The Right to Learn, Linda Darling–Hammond gives readers a comprehensive, thoughtful look at the condition of American schooling and sets forth proposals for its improvement.""The book′s audience should extend beyond the education profession to parents, to the community at large, to anyone who′s interested in the current state of American education.""This well–organized and meticulously documented book presents an agenda for re–creating public education." Washington Post

"Darling–Hammond has written a solid, theoretically and empirically grounded book that bridges the worlds of practitioners and policy makers and that gives them a very compelling reason to work together as well as providing them with the main ideas and tools to get the job done. The Right to Learn has the ′right stuff′ to become a major force for the reform of the teaching profession over the next decade." American Journal of Education

"Darling–Hammond′s central claim is well worth listening to. She argues that American students do so poorly by comparison with students in other industrialized countries not because we don′t give them enough work, but because our teaching is less thoughtful, and because we are obsessed with bureaucratic processes rather than educational outcomes." ––New York Times Book Review

"Darling–Hammond does more than criticize the past and present practices. She provides a rich array of different approaches that emphasize teaching and learning for understanding and that highlight the importance of skillful teaching.... Thoughtful readers will find much in this book to guide their efforts toward learner–centered reform of schools." Educational Leadership

"Darling–Hammond plants herself squarely in the middle of what is fast becoming a significant school reform debate....[Her] argument is compelling because it relies on years of observation of several...restructured schools. The book′s major strength is the author′s comprehensive reform goals, which address practically every impediment to structural change. Essential for education collections." Library Journal

"Darling–Hammond presents ten thoughtful and well–grounded chapters that speak to education reform in the United States.... The Right to Learn addresses critical issues that all educators must address if reform efforts are to help students for an ever–changing, global society.... This book presents a well–supported view of the most pressuring reform issues and how these issues can work in concert for change. As such, The Right to Learn is essential reading for all educators." Childhood Education

"This is a very fine work?well argued, comprehensive, and authoritative. It will be treated as a Bible?or, more properly, a Constitution?–by those seriously engaged in the improvement of American public education." Howard Gardner, professor of education, Harvard University, and author of Leading Minds

"If only I could get every American who claims to be concerned about our schools to read this thorough, readable, and brilliant book. Linda Darling–Hammond knows our schools as no one else does?as scholar, hands–on researcher, practitioner, concerned citizen, and parent. She crosses all the boundaries that so often divide us. And all sides of her diverse strengths show in her work and in this extraordinary book. As a reader you′ll love it; and you′ll come away wiser as well." Deborah Meier, senior fellow, Annenberg Institute of School Reform, author of The Power of Their Ideas, and principal, The Mission Hill school, Boston

Quatrième de couverture

"This is a very fine work––well argued, comprehensive, and authoritative. It will be treated as a Bible––or, more properly, a Constitution––by those seriously engaged in the improvement of American public education."
––Howard Gardner, professor of education, Harvard University

There have always been extraordinary schools accomplish extraordinary levels of learning with all kinds of students. But these have always been exceptions to the rule. In this important book, one of the nation′s most respected educators, Linda Darling–Hammond, provides a vision of such learner–centered schools and describes the policies and practices that are needed to create these schools on a system–wide basis.Learner–centered classrooms and schools are humane, interactive, and intellectual rigorous places. They are concerned with honoring individuality, developing potential, and arming kids with an intelligence capable of free and independent thought. The pursuit of these more challenging approaches to teaching and learning require changes in curricular resources, funding, assessment policies, school organization, and teacher preparation and professional development.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0787902616
• ISBN 13: 9780787902612
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 394
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible