The future of education : reimagining our schools from the ground up / Kieran Egan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egan, Kieran.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Teaching.

Learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This engaging book presents a frontal attack on current forms of schooling and a radical rethinking of the whole education process. Kieran Egan, a prize-winning scholar and innovative thinker, does not rail against teachers, administrators, or politicians

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. From a Major Problem Toward a Solution

Chapter 1 Past, Present, and Future Schools

Chapter 2 Why Education Is So Difficult and Contentious

Chapter 3 Accumulating Cognitive Tools

Part II. A Fifty-Year Program of Educational Reform: 2010-2060

Chapter 4 2010-2020

Chapter 5 2020-2030

Chapter 6 2030-2040

Chapter 7 2040-2050

Chapter 8 2050-2060

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-08848-3

9786612088483

0-300-14252-8

OCLC:

646813585