Make education personalizable - Every child can be great when they
own their learning For years, focusing on the achievement gap has led
to the same result: We hope for greatness and settle for competence.
But why settle? It’s time to recognize that the potential for
greatness lies in a unique form within each child, and that the goal
of education should be to encourage and develop it. This inspiring
manifesto brings in research from different disciplines to show where
children’s strengths and passions can be found, and how
personalizable education uncovers them. Also included: Strategies for
implementing personalizable education Examples showing practices that
have gone wrong—and right Guidance for teaching disadvantaged
students Every child has the potential to be great. Teaching for
greatness gives students control of their own learning—and guides
them toward future happiness and success. Are you tired of gimmicks
like "personalized learning" that have become empty slogans, but keen
for the real depth and substance of an education that helps all
students to reach their full potential? If so, Yong
Zhao′s Reaching for Greatness is the book for you! With vivid
examples and carefully scaffolded argumentation, Zhao shows how what
he calls "personalizable education" offers an exciting and practical
future for all of our students truly to become great. Zhao′s
writing is full of whimsy and humor, so that you can′t wait to see
what this wonderful alchemist of educational change is going to say
next. Best of all, this gem of a book is one that not only all
teachers, but also a rising generation of students, will cherish as
well. --Dennis Shirley, Professor, Lynch School of Education, Boston
College, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Educational Change. Once again
Yong pulls us from our narrow view of what education is and reminds us
what it needs to be. Personalized education (as opposed to the
ubiquitous and limited notion of personalized learning) is essential
for a time in which we need to recognize and cultivate the diverse
strengths of our students for their own good and our shared future on
earth. Poignant stories from Yong′s global travels to schools make
the research in this call to action relatable and accessible for all
educational stakeholders. This is an important read! --Emily
McCarren, Academy Principal, Punahou School, co-author of The Take
Action Guides to World Class Learners book series.
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ISBN
9781506316109
Publisert
2018
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Corwin
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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