Bringing Schools into the 21st Century

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wan, Guofang (Editor), Gut, Dianne M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Explorations of Educational Purpose ; 13
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Teaching.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Curriculum Studies.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Why This Book? Time Has Changed but School Has Not, Guofang Wan, Dianne Gut
• 1. Whatever Happened?, Mark Treadwell
• 2. 21st Century Students Need 21st Century Skills, Ken Kay, Valerie Greenhill
• 3. Educational Reform: What Have Federal and State Policy-Makers Done?, Rosalyn Anstine Templeton, Karen Huffman, Celia E. Johnson
• 4. A Needs Assessment - Reforming the U.S. School Curriculum, Guofang Wan
• 5. Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century - A Renaissance, Celia Johnson, Rosalyn Templeton
• 6. Integrating 21st Century skills into the Curriculum, Dianne Gut
• 7. Reading, Writing, and Deconstructing: Media Literacy in the School Curriculum, Jessica Collins, Denis Doyon, Christie McAuley, Andrea Quijada
• 8. The Mobile School / Digital Communities Created by Mobile Learners, Teresa Franklin
• 9. Online learning: A 21st Century Approach to Education, John Watson, L. Kay Johnson
• 10. A Collaborative Model: Changing Teacher Education from the Ground Up, Renee Middleton, Bonnie Prince
• Index.