Soundings: A Democratic, Student-Centered Education

by Mark Springer

Book Overview

Soundings is a book of genuine significance and lasting importance. Coming at a critical juncture in the middle school movement, this work provides a vicarious visit to a vibrant, highly successful... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560902000
• ISBN13: 9781560902003
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: National Middle School Association
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Forget other texts. Nothing compares!

Lots of books describe integrated curriculum, but NONE show the step-by-step process of creating one like this book. Reading this book felt like watching him and his kids work for a year. For example, instead of saying "creating a driving question" like other texts in the field, he actually shows how his students did it. This books teaches through anecdotes because it makes the process more concrete. The pictures also make this subject more attainable. As an analogy, other texts attempt to describe the taste of water by going through the science (water being "integrated curriculum"). Springer brings you to the well and invites you to drink as much as you like. Save your money and get this book!