Minding American Education: Reclaiming the Tradition of Active Learning

by Martin Bickman

The tradition of active learning--a view of learning that is constructivist, progressive, and as deeply committed to student achievement as any standards-based scheme--has a long and distinguished pedigree in American educational thought and practice, but its value has been ignored in the rush to achieve high test scores. Martin Bickman urges us to reconsider the alternative vision of such seminal thinkers as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807743526
• ISBN13: 9780807743522
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"