Teaching the Digital Generation : No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 1 - Schools Must Change -- Chapter 2 - Changing the Process of Designing Schools -- Chapter 3 - No More Cookie-Cutter Schools -- Part II -- Chapter 4 - Models for High Schools -- Chapter 5 - Industrial Age High Schools: Schools for a World That No Longer Exists -- Chapter 6 - Academies -- Chapter 7 - Instructional Centers -- Chapter 8 - Academic Focus -- Chapter 9 - Learning Labs -- Chapter 10 - Self-Directed Learning -- Chapter 11 - Time-Less + More -- Chapter 12 - Individualized Instruction -- Chapter 13 - Cyber Schools -- Chapter 14 - Diverse Learning Communities -- Chapter 15 - Diverse High Schools: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools -- Summary -- References -- Schools Referenced -- Index.
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.