A richer, brighter vision for American high schools

A richer, brighter vision for American high schools /

"In today's high schools, education is often reduced to a means of achieving financial security, leading to an overemphasis on quantifiable measures of performance. This approach encourages academically talented students to focus on test scores and rankings rather than intellectual enrichm...

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Main Author: Noddings, Nel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Education, Secondary > Aims and objectives > United States
High schools > Curricula > United States
Educational change > United States
Holistic education > United States.
Vocational education > United States
Teacher-student relationships > United States
School improvement programs > United States
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Education, Secondary > Aims and objectives
Educational change
High schools > Curricula
Holistic education
School improvement programs
Teacher-student relationships
Vocational education
United States
Table of Contents:
  • Unity of purpose
  • Vocational programs
  • What might have been : women's traditional interests
  • A better adult : continuing the search
  • Parenting
  • The Common Core Standards
  • Critical thinking
  • Collegiality, caring, and continuity
  • The curriculum and its setting
  • Planning, enacting, evaluating
  • The professional preparation of teachers
  • Reflecting on the brighter vision.

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