Realizing the promise of 21st-century education : an owner's manual

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Realizing the promise of 21st-century education : an owner's manual

Bruce Joyce, Emily Calhoun

Corwin , A joint publication [with] Learning Forward, c2012

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Realizing the promise of twenty-first century education

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Keys to building a new generation of courses and schools While many futurists tout the value of teaching students 21st-century skills, bridging the concept with the practice is best accomplished by professional educators. Authors Bruce Joyce and Emily Calhoun know how to actualize the critical reforms that enable schools to prepare students for today's workforce. They outline a clear vision for advancing school reform that emphasizes infusing technology across the curriculum. Specific steps include: Providing technology access to all students to promote equity and engagement Developing hybrid courses that prepare students to meet 21st-century needs Designing professional development that connects technology to teaching Improving literacy instruction Changing the high school paradigm Involving teachers, parents, and community members in school leadership We have a tremendous opportunity to bridge education with the information and communications technology revolution. Joyce and Calhoun show how to deliver on the promise of a 21st-century education by teaching students the skills they need to achieve in their careers and in life.

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Preface Acknowledgments 1. A New Chance to Live Our Dreams 2. Terms of Convenience--Building a New Language for Teaching and Learning Part I: A Considerable Opportunity 3. Educating at the Level of the Highest Ideas of Our Time--Enlarging Moral Purpose in the Pursuit of Equity and Excellence 4. Promises--Educational Renewal Is Getting a Lift 5. Platforms for Education: The Enhanced School/Home Educational System 6. The 21st Century Skills Part II: Important Things to Just Do Right Now 7. The Responsible Parties--The Essential Local Democratic Process 8. Near-Term Development--Hybrid Instruction and Learning Platforms Near and Far 9. Crossroads--Actually Cloverleafs--for the High School 10. The School as a Platform for Professional Development--The Reciprocal Concept Part III: The New Basics of Embedded School Reform--Responsible Parties, Watching Learning Grow, Research and Development 11. Pembroke Elementary School 12. Direct, Performance-Based, Formative Assessment--Watching Learning Grow 13. An Optimistic Future References Annotated Bibliography and Other Resources Index About the Authors

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