Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412939275 ISBN 13: 9781412939270

Publisher: Corwin, 2008

Synopsis

"This might well be THE contemporary manual for effective education reform. In a world where the future is now, schools are falling behind. It is a lag we can no longer afford."

―Sean M. Nosek, Principal

Westview Secondary School, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada

"This is the most important book about high schools since Breaking Ranks for school facilities planners."

―David E. Anstrand, Principal, Education Environment Planning Consultants

Board Member, Council of Educational Facility Planners International

Discover options for instruction and school design that reflect the needs of 21st-century students!

Preparing students to meet the demands of a constantly changing, technology-driven environment presents today's educators with unique challenges. This innovative resource demonstrates how traditional, industrial-type high schools have become outdated and helps school leaders plan facilities and curriculum in ways that benefit students' academic development and performance.

Teaching the Digital Generation examines how educators can address the learning needs of secondary students immersed in a digital world by designing and implementing new instructional models and technology infrastructure. The authors explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and digital literacy, and pose five critical considerations:

What should instruction and learning look like in a 21st-century school?

How can technology foster this kind of learning?

What noninstructional components are required?

How can time be used differently to support our vision?

How can new facility design turn this vision into reality?

Incorporating issues of facility design with curriculum and instructional planning, the authors offer educational leaders a new vision for schools.

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Teaching the Digital Generation The authors show how traditional industrial-type high schools have failed to meet students' learning needs and explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills. Full description

Review

"This is the most important book about high schools for school facilities planners since Breaking Ranks: Changing an American Institution. The authors have made a strong case for change and defined a new process of designing schools. No other source allows an 'apples to apples' comparison of various models." (David E. Anstrand, Principal, Education Environment Planning Consultants 2008-06-16)

"Teaching the Digital Generation might well be the contemporary manual for effective education reform. In a world where the future is now, schools are falling behind. It is a lag we can no longer afford." (Sean M. Nosek, Principal 2008-06-19)

"The authors make a strong case for dismantling the traditional industrial model in favor of smaller learning communities. This would make a great book to discuss at a board retreat or for beginning the discussion on the question, 'What kind of education do we want for our kids?'" (Jeff N. Turner, Superintendent 2008-07-08)

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412939275
• ISBN 13: 9781412939270
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282
• Editor: Jukes Ian, Kelly Frank S., McCain Ted