Deeper learning : how eight innovative public schools are transforming education in the twenty-first century / Monica Martinez, Dennis McGrath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martinez, Monica, author.

McGrath, Dennis, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--United States--Case studies.

Public schools.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Education--Experimental methods.

School improvement programs--United States--Case studies.

School improvement programs.

Educational change--United States--Case studies.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Studies suggest that up to half of high school dropouts leave school because their classes are boring or irrelevant to their lives and aspirations. Yet the majority of U.S. schools continue their attempts to engage some 50 million students through conventional methods such as lectures, note-taking, and rote learning, often with dismal results. In Deeper Learning, award-winning education strategist Monica Martinez and education sociologist Dennis McGrath offer a transformative framework for learning that has led to standout results in schools across the country and has the potential

Contents:

introduction; 1 Connect; 2 Empower; 3 Contextualize; 4 Reach; 5 Inspire; 6 Wire; 7 Invest; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59558-994-5

OCLC:

881688551