Bringing Schools Into the 21st Century

By Dianne M. Gut

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940073509X
• ISBN13: 9789400735095
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"