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Russ McDonald - Redesigning School - 9780787903213 - V9780787903213
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Redesigning School

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Description for Redesigning School Hardcover. "Should be read by all who are not satisfied with the status quo in education. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
"Should be read by all who are not satisfied with the status quo in education."
--Teachers College Record

This book patiently and persuasively asks us to rethink before we `redesign' schools, to question many of our deeply ingrained beliefs about learning and schooling, and to move beyond those which no longer meet the test of common sense. It mercifully gives us no ready-to-implement school reform blueprint but rather the necessary design of how to think well about learning and teaching and schooling.
?Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential Schools, university professor emeritus, Brown University ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787903213
SKU
V9780787903213
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Russ McDonald
LARRY MCDONALD is a former teacher and principal. He is currently director of research at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University.

Reviews for Redesigning School
?Redesigning School provides new fundamental insights into how to rethink school reform. It manages to stay very close to students, teachers, and schools, while at the same time linking school redesign to national efforts and broad-based accountability. Traveling effortlessly back and forth from the big to the small picture is no small feat. The concepts of `rewiring,' `tuning,' and `lateral ... Read more

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