Bringing schools into the 21st century
Shift happens: Emerging technologies and globalization have resulted in political, social and cultural changes. These changes have a profound impact on all aspects of human life, including education. Yet while society has changed and continues to change, schools are slow to keep up. This book explor...
| Other Authors: | Wan, Guofang., Gut, Dianne Marie., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
©2011.
Dordrecht ; New York : [2011] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 258 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Series: |
Explorations of educational purpose ;
v. 13. |
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| Summary: |
Shift happens: Emerging technologies and globalization have resulted in political, social and cultural changes. These changes have a profound impact on all aspects of human life, including education. Yet while society has changed and continues to change, schools are slow to keep up. This book explores issues related to transforming and modernizing our educational systems, including the impact of societal shifts on education, the efforts at various levels to bring schools into the 21st century, the identification of 21st century skills, the reformation of the curriculum, the creation of alterna. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Shift happens: Emerging technologies and globalization have resulted in political, social and cultural changes. These changes have a profound impact on all aspects of human life, including education. Yet while society has changed and continues to change, schools are slow to keep up. This book explores issues related to transforming and modernizing our educational systems, including the impact of societal shifts on education, the efforts at various levels to bring schools into the 21st century, the identification of 21st century skills, the reformation of the curriculum, the creation of alterna. Introduction / Guofang Wan and Dianne M. Gut -- Whatever happened? / Mark Treadwell -- Twenty-first century students need 21st century skills / Ken Kay and Valerie Greenhill -- Educational reform : what have federal and state policy makers done? / Rosalyn Anstine Templeton, Karen Huffman, and Celia E. Johnson -- A needs assessment : reforming the U.S. school curriculum / Guofang Wan -- Preparing teachers for the 21st century : a renaissance / Celia E. Johnson and Rosalyn Anstine Templeton -- Integrating 21st century skills into the curriculum / Dianne M. Gut -- Reading, writing, and deconstructing : media literacy as part of the school curriculum / Jessica Collins, Denis Doyon, Christie McAuley, and Andrea Isabel Quijada -- The mobile school : digital communities created by mobile learners / Teresa J. Franklin -- Online learning : a 21st century approach to education / John Watson and L. Kay Johnson -- Redesigning teacher education from the ground up : a collaborative model / Renée A. Middleton and Bonnie L. Prince. English. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 258 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789400702684 940070268X |