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This text assists teachers in reconceiving the teaching profession in ways that will make it more personally satisfying while acknowledging that the work of teachers in the twenty-first century must necessarily be different from what we have now-legacy practices of standardization left over from the industrial age.
List of contents
Preface
Prologue
Introduction
Section I: Make a Choice: The Industrial Age School or New Kinds of Schools?
Guiding Step 1: Get Perspective on the Career of Teaching and the Prospects for Change
Guiding Step 2: Question the Assumptions and Practices of Traditional School
Guiding Step 3: Face Traditional School Culture: The Game of School and Strategic Learning
Section II: Embrace Positive Forces for Change: 21st Century Learning Will Be Different
Guiding Step 4: Focus on Learning Engagement: A Premise for New Schools
Guiding Step 5: Reconsider the Emerging Marketplace of Educational Experiences
Guiding Step 6: Start Seeing Students as Independent, Voluntary Customers
Guiding Step 7: Understand Cousin Concepts: 21st Century Skills and the Learning Organization
Section III: Envision a 21st Century School and Happier Careers
Guiding Step 8: Take the Tour - See a New Kind of School
Guiding Step 9: Take the Tour - See New Roles for Teachers and Students
Guiding Step 10: Begin the Journey to Happier Careers by Making Connections
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By Rich Waters
Summary
This text assists teachers in reconceiving the teaching profession in ways that will make it more personally satisfying while acknowledging that the work of teachers in the twenty-first century must necessarily be different from what we have now-legacy practices of standardization left over from the industrial age.
