A richer, brighter vision for American high schools / Nel Noddings, Stanford University.
2015
LB1607.5 .N64 2015 (Mapit)
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A richer, brighter vision for American high schools / Nel Noddings, Stanford University.
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ISBN
9781107427914 paperback
1107427916 paperback
9781107075269 hardcover
1107075262 hardcover
1107427916 paperback
9781107075269 hardcover
1107075262 hardcover
Published
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
207 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
LB1607.5 .N64 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
373.73
Summary
"In today's high schools, education is often reduced to a means of achieving financial security, leading to an overemphasis on quantifiable measures of performance. This approach encourages academically talented students to focus on test scores and rankings rather than intellectual enrichment, and discourages students with non-academic talents from pursuing them. A Richer, Brighter Vision for American High Schools advocates instead a unifying educational aim of producing better adults, which would encompass all aspects of students' lives: intellectual, physical, moral, spiritual, social, vocational, aesthetic, and civic. Nel Noddings offers suggestions to improve high schools by increasing collegiality among students and faculty, enriching curricula with interdisciplinary themes, renewing vocational education programs, addressing parenting and homemaking, and professionalizing the teaching force. This thought-provoking book will act as an important guide for teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and policy makers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
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Table of Contents
Unity of purpose
Vocational programs
What might have been : women's traditional interests
A better adult : continuing the search
Parenting
The Common Core Standards
Critical thinking
Collegiality, caring, and continuity
The curriculum and its setting
Planning, enacting, evaluating
The professional preparation of teachers
Reflecting on the brighter vision.
Vocational programs
What might have been : women's traditional interests
A better adult : continuing the search
Parenting
The Common Core Standards
Critical thinking
Collegiality, caring, and continuity
The curriculum and its setting
Planning, enacting, evaluating
The professional preparation of teachers
Reflecting on the brighter vision.