From school delusion to design : subtitle mixed-age groups and values-led transformation / Peter A. Barnard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnard, Peter A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tutors and tutoring.

Group work in education.

Ability grouping in education.

Student-centered learning.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explains how school organization by age (grade) alone, sets schools on a factory course that is harmful and ultimately self-defeating to all involved and to ecology.It returns us to three systems thinking concepts; purpose, measures, and method.

Contents:

. the way we think we think isn't the way we think we think

The five disciplines

Complexity and demand in systems thinking

A letter, some thoughts, and some math

The real problem is the way we see the problem

Problems, purpose, energy, and complexity

The systems thinking process to seeing

Background to the checking process

Counter-intuitive truths and the nature of leverage points

Learning in loops

Unlearning and training a school

Psychology and design for learning

Psychology as the arbiter of design

Drawing up a design spec

Learning from finland and other jurisdictions

Learning about customers

Managing the change process: the implementation of vertical tutoring

The journey from delusion to design.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-82-16-30963-5

1-4758-1535-2

1-4758-1536-0

OCLC:

905490785