Shake-up call : the need to transform K-12 classroom methodology
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BookSource:
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Md., p.119 (2013)Call Number:
Cubb LB2831.92 .N37 2013URL:
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9758929Keywords:
Educational leadership--United States, School management and organization--United States, School principals--United StatesAbstract:
Summary: Traditional, teacher-centered classrooms are not serving the needs of our students. Their futures will increasingly demand skill sets in the areas of communication, collaboration, and critical thinking; worksheets, videos, and lectures will not prepare them for the challenges they will face in an increasingly-global economy. Shake-Up Call: The Need to Transform K-12 Classroom Methodology calls on educators at every level to challenge the status quo and take risks on behalf of kids. The author calls on teachers to move off the stage and become facilitators in a process where students are heavily engaged in their own learning. Teachers need to get kids up, moving, pairing, sharing, and asking questions as they seek to understand content-related information. This book reminds teachers of the importance of feedback in the continuous-improvement process, along with the role of consistency. In order to get students up, moving, and sharing, classrooms must be set up to allow for this movement.
Publication Language:
eng
