Book Description
Tharp collection.
Author : Horace Mann
Publisher :
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 31,66 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Education
ISBN :
Tharp collection.
Author : Cathy N. Davidson
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 36,96 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 0465093183
A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past -- and shows how we can revolutionize it for our era of constant change Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925. It was in those decades that the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, all in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T. As Cathy N. Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she introduces us to innovators who are remaking college for our own time by emphasizing student-centered learning that values creativity in the face of change above all. The New Education ultimately shows how we can teach students not only to survive but to thrive amid the challenges to come.
Author : Horace Mann
Publisher :
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 40,54 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : William G. Bowen
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 200?
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813933399
Thomas Jefferson once stated that the foremost goal of American education must be to nurture the "natural aristocracy of talent and virtue." Although in many ways American higher education has fulfilled Jefferson's vision by achieving a widespread level of excellence, it has not achieved the objective of equity implicit in Jefferson's statement. In Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education, William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil, and Eugene M. Tobin explore the cause for this divide. Employing historical research, examination of the most recent social science and public policy scholarship, international comparisons, and detailed empirical analysis of rich new data, the authors study the intersection between "excellence" and "equity" objectives. Beginning with a time line tracing efforts to achieve equity and excellence in higher education from the American Revolution to the early Cold War years, this narrative reveals the halting, episodic progress in broadening access across the dividing lines of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. The authors argue that despite our rhetoric of inclusiveness, a significant number of youth from poor families do not share equal access to America's elite colleges and universities. While America has achieved the highest level of educational attainment of any country, it runs the risk of losing this position unless it can markedly improve the precollegiate preparation of students from racial minorities and lower-income families. After identifying the "equity" problem at the national level and studying nineteen selective colleges and universities, the authors propose a set of potential actions to be taken at federal, state, local, and institutional levels. With recommendations ranging from reform of the admissions process, to restructuring of federal financial aid and state support of public universities, to addressing the various precollegiate obstacles that disadvantaged students face at home and in school, the authors urge all selective colleges and universities to continue race-sensitive admissions policies, while urging the most selective (and privileged) institutions to enroll more well-qualified students from families with low socioeconomic status.
Author : Alan Ryan
Publisher : Hill & Wang
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 33,97 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780809065394
Explores the ways in which the educational system can combat such problems as a degenerating democratic system, lack of creative thinking, and moral and spiritual decline
Author : Dale J. Stephens
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 33,20 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1101619686
It’s no secret that college doesn’t prepare students for the real world. Student loan debt recently eclipsed credit card debt for the first time in history and now tops one trillion dollars. And the throngs of unemployed graduates chasing the same jobs makes us wonder whether there’s a better way to “make it” in today’s marketplace. There is—and Dale Stephens is proof of that. In Hacking Your Education, Stephens speaks to a new culture of “hackademics” who think college diplomas are antiquated. Stephens shows how he and dozens of others have hacked their education, and how you can, too. You don’t need to be a genius or especially motivated to succeed outside school. The real requirements are much simpler: curiosity, confidence, and grit. Hacking Your Education offers valuable advice to current students as well as those who decided to skip college. Stephens teaches you to create opportunities for yourself and design your curriculum—inside or outside the classroom. Whether your dream is to travel the world, build a startup, or climb the corporate ladder, Stephens proves you can do it now, rather than waiting for life to start after “graduation” day.
Author : Horace Mann
Publisher : Boston : L.N. Ide
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,76 MB
Release : 1850
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : Horace Mann
Publisher : Books of American Wisdom
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781557091291
A classic essay on the knowledge and characteristics a teacher should have, the skills needed for teaching, and the importance of developing the character as well as the mind.
Author : Henry Barnard
Publisher :
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 1864
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : United States. Office of Education
Publisher :
Page : 1054 pages
File Size : 18,14 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Education
ISBN :