Education

In the age of the Internet, we educate people much as we did during the Industrial Revolution. We educate them for a world that no longer exists, instilling values antithetical to those of a free, 21st century democracy. Worst of all, too many schools extinguish the very creativity and joy they ought to nourish. In Turning Learning Right Side Up , legendary systems scientist Dr. Russell Ackoff and “in-the-trenches” education innovator Daniel Greenberg offer a radically new path forward. In the year’s most provocative conversation, they take on the very deepest questions about education: What should be its true purpose? Do classrooms make sense anymore? What should individuals contribute to their own education? Are yesterday’s distinctions between subjects--and between the arts and sciences--still meaningful? What would the ideal lifelong education look like--at K-12, in universities, in the workplace, and beyond?. Ackoff and Greenberg each have experience making radical change work--successfully. Here, they combine deep idealism with a relentless focus on the real world--and arrive at solutions that are profoundly sensible and powerfully compelling. Why today’s educational system fails--and why superficial reforms won’t help. The questions politicians won’t ask--and the answers they don’t want to hear. How do people learn--and why do they choose to learn?. Creating schools that reflect what we know about learning. In a 21st century democracy, what values must we nurture?. ...and why aren’t we nurturing them?. How can tomorrow’s “ideal schools” be operated and funded?. A plan that cuts through political gridlock and can actually work. Beyond schools: building a society of passionate lifelong learners. Learning from childhood to college to workplace through retirement. Reinventing Learning for the Next Century: How We Can, and Why We Must. An extraordinary conversation about the very deepest quest more...

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Once it has outsourced its administrative functions and spun off its professional and career-prep degree programs, the post-industrial university will initially be a much smaller and more purposefully-focused enterprise than today’s typical industrial-scale public university. But the mission of the new university will be large, for the new knowledge that it produces will not directly translate itself into human progress. In capitalist economies, new knowledge is made manifest in the marketplace. The most important consumer of the university’s output in the Information Age will be society in general, as the public is made better aware of the opportunities, imperatives and constrained choices that lie ahead. By shedding their career training programs, post-industrial universities and their faculties will be able to focus on the institution’s unique core function: public enlightenment. This special issue focuses on research into the plausible metamorphosis of higher education over the next 10 to 15 years in response to its changing demographic, economic and technologic circumstances, modeled on the multiple simultaneous transformations that are already well under way in the world of business. more...

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Muslim boys are currently 'hot topics' of social and educational debate: they have been associated with global terrorism, fundamentalism,urban rioting and, within the context of schooling, they appear to be suffering from disproportionately high rates of exclusion and low rates of achievement and post-16 progression. This timely and innovative book examines the issues in detail, fore-grounding Muslim boys' own views of their lives and schooling. The book explores the complex interplay between race/ethnicity, religion, masculinity and social class within Muslim boys' lives. Attention is also given to the role of the teacher/researcher within the boys' production of masculine identities. The book draws on illuminating new research data and reviews a wide range of literature on masculinity and race/ethnicity to enable readers to engage with complex social inequalities within the context of secondary schooling. more...

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101 ways to energize any ho-hum day. Created by award-winning educators, these easy-to-learn, giggle-as-you-go games are designed to be both fun and educational. These activities in reading, logic, science, measuring, listening, social studies, and math are the perfect complement to your K-5 curriculum. Get the fun and the learning started with games such as:. Bug Bite: Players flip over vocabulary word cards and slap the table when a bug card comes up. Whoever slaps first reads all the words and then keeps the card. The child with the most cards wins!. Bull's-Eye Feather Math: Children blow feathers around a bull's-eye game board with straws as they sharpen their multiplication skills. Geography Baseball: Players find map locations that are “pitched” to them. The more “hits” they get, the faster they score runs. Fishy Facts: Players snag paper fish with a fishing pole and hook. If they can answer the question on the side of the fish, they score. . . . and many more!. BONUS: Games are ranked for noise levels! more...

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Who are the kids that ace the SATs? What are they like? And how do they do it? Educator and executive recruiter Tom Fischgrund became the first researcher ever granted access to these high academic achievers by the College Board. Here are the secrets to their success on the SATs - and in life. Drawing on the first study of 1600 scorers conducted .. more...

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