Changing the Status Quo: Courage to Challenge the Education System - Couverture rigide

Wurdinger, Scott D.

 
9781475840766: Changing the Status Quo: Courage to Challenge the Education System
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ISBN 10 : 1475840764 ISBN 13 : 9781475840766
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018

Synopsis

Have you ever wondered where the ever expanding layers of bureaucracy are taking us in the field of education? This book challenges us to think carefully about this question. The status quo in education consists of policies, practices, and power structures impacting the way we teach, and prevent students from learning in meaningful and significant ways. Assessment techniques drive our teaching practices resulting in a learning process that students strongly dislike. Technology like PowerPoint presentations and clickers force students to pay attention to lectures, but the end result is the same-memorizing information for exams. It is causing students to become less focused on comprehending what they read. It is also physically changing the way students read focusing on small sound bites on what they believe is necessary to remember for tests. Discriminating against students of color continues to be a prevalent problem as well. Data show that white educators consist of a huge majority often lacking cultural awareness in our classrooms. Reading this book will inspire you to become a courageous educator and implement meaningful changes in your classroom on how to asses your students, what kind and how much technology to use, and how to sensitively treat educators and students of color.

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À propos de l?auteur

Scott Wurdinger is a professor of experiential education and leadership studies at Minnesota State University in Mankato. His most recent book is The Power of Project-Based Learning published by Rowman and Littlefield.

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Éditeur
Rowman & Littlefield
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1475840764
ISBN 13 
9781475840766
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
98
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1475840772 ISBN 13 :  9781475840773
Editeur : RL, 2018
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