Charting a New Course - Reinventing High School Classes for the New Millennium

The purpose of this book is to encourage teachers and administrators to move beyond traditional course structures and to ask them to consider designing experiential curriculum that is interdisciplinary and focused on solving real world problems. Why do this? Both authors believe that the current model of education falls short in preparing students to think creatively, to work collaboratively and to engage actively as problem solvers. An educational sea-change is needed more than ever given the problems that face our world now and that threaten to worsen in the next few decades. This book is divided into sections devoted to courses that, despite their interdisciplinary nature, we categorized into the following fields: Social Science, Literature and Composition, Computer Science, Mathematics, Art, Environment and Ecology, Engineering, Public Health, and Administration.

Summary

This book urges educators to create interdisciplinary, experiential curricula to better prepare students for future challenges. It argues that the current education model is inadequate and covers various fields like Social Science, Literature, Computer Science, Mathematics, Art, Environment, Engineering, Public Health, and Administration.

Product details

• Assisted by: Eric E. Castro (Editor), Paul Totah (Editor)
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781681238968
• ISBN: 978-1-68123-896-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 207 g
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system