Richer, Brighter Vision for American High Schools

Nel Noddings advocates a unifying educational aim of producing better adults and presents strategies to achieve this in high schools.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Unity of purpose; 2. Vocational programs; 3. What might have been: women's traditional interests; 4. A better adult: continuing the search; 5. Parenting; 6. The Common Core Standards; 7. Critical thinking; 8. Collegiality, caring, and continuity; 9. The curriculum and its setting; 10. Planning, enacting, evaluating; 11. The professional preparation of teachers; 12. Reflecting on the brighter vision.

About the author

Nel Noddings is Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita, at Stanford University, California. She is the author of nineteen books, including Critical Lessons: What our Schools Should Teach (2006), Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War (2011) and Education and Democracy in the 21st Century (2013).

Summary

Challenging the too-common view of education as merely a means of achieving financial well-being, Noddings advocates a unifying educational aim of producing better adults. This book offers strategies to improve high schools that consider the full range of students' talents and interests and encourage more choice for students and teachers.

Product details

• Authors: Nel Noddings, Nel (Stanford University Noddings, Noddings Nel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2015
• EAN: 9781107075269
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07526-9
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Sociology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Philosophy, Psychology, Educational psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Secondary Schools, United States of America, USA, Educational systems and structures