Charting a new course : reinventing high school classes for the new millennium / by Eric Castro and Paul Totah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castro, Eric E., author.

Totah, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High school teaching.

Experiential learning.

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Education and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2017.

Summary:

The purpose of this book is to encourage teachers and administrators to move beyond traditional course structures and to ask them to consider designing experiential curriculum that is interdisciplinary and focused on solving real world problems. Why do this? Both authors believe that the current model of education falls short in preparing students to think creatively, to work collaboratively and to engage actively as problem solvers. An educational sea-change is needed more than ever given the problems that face our world now and that threaten to worsen in the next few decades.This book is divided into sections devoted to courses that, despite their interdisciplinary nature, we categorized into the following fields: Social Science, Literature and Composition, Computer Science, Mathematics, Art, Environment and Ecology, Engineering, Public Health, and Administration.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction / Eric E. Castro and Paul Totah

Part I. Social science / Abi Basch, Kali Kurdy, Justin Wells, Greg Monfils, Paul Kim, Tom Thorpe And Tim Kubik

Part II. English / Adam Dawkins, Stephen Lazar, Chad Evans, Kristen Moraine, And Paul Totah

Part III. Computer science / Justin Curtis, And Paul-michael Huseman

Part IV. Math / Kevin Gant

Part V. Art / Jane Uyeda, Ascha Drake, Katie Wolf, And Kevin Mcmahon

Part VI. Environment and ecology / Joanna Smyth, Robin Workman, Hovey Clark, And Leah Penniman

Part VII. Engineering / Angi Chau, And James Dann

Part VIIi. Public health / Mary Murphy, Jennifer Montgomery, Sherry Curtsinger, Shannon Treece, And Bob Kane

Part IX. Administrators / Ben Daley, Alan Cheng, Christa Flores, Stephen Zipkes, and Andy Shaw

About the authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-68123-898-5