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What's worth teaching? : rethinking curriculum in the age of technology / Allan Collins ; foreword by John Seely Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: TEC seriesPublisher: New York : Teachers College Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xv, 143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0807758655
  • 9780807758656
  • 0807758663
  • 9780807758663
Other title:
  • What is worth teaching? : rethinking curriculum in the age of technology
  • Rethinking curriculum in the age of technology
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: What's worth teaching?; No titleDDC classification:
  • 375.006 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1570 .C64 2017
Contents:
Foreword / John Seely Brown -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. What is wrong with the school curriculum? -- 2. The new literacy -- 3. Developing self-sufficiency -- 4. Career skills for the new economy -- 5. Public policy challenges -- 6. Mathematical and scientific foundations -- 7. Passion schools: a new vision for school and curriculum -- References -- Index -- About the author.
Summary: "This important contribution to the future of education, by bestselling author and renowned cognitive scientist Allan Collins, proposes a school curriculum that will fit the needs of our modern era. Offering guidelines for deciding what is important to learn in order to become a knowledgeable person, a good citizen, a thoughtful worker, and a valuable friend in the 21st century, Collins considers the qualities needed for a healthy and productive life. Taking a close look at how advances in technology, communication, and the dissemination of information are reshaping the world, this volume examines how schools can foster flexible, self-directed learners who will succeed in the modern workplace."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / John Seely Brown -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. What is wrong with the school curriculum? -- 2. The new literacy -- 3. Developing self-sufficiency -- 4. Career skills for the new economy -- 5. Public policy challenges -- 6. Mathematical and scientific foundations -- 7. Passion schools: a new vision for school and curriculum -- References -- Index -- About the author.

"This important contribution to the future of education, by bestselling author and renowned cognitive scientist Allan Collins, proposes a school curriculum that will fit the needs of our modern era. Offering guidelines for deciding what is important to learn in order to become a knowledgeable person, a good citizen, a thoughtful worker, and a valuable friend in the 21st century, Collins considers the qualities needed for a healthy and productive life. Taking a close look at how advances in technology, communication, and the dissemination of information are reshaping the world, this volume examines how schools can foster flexible, self-directed learners who will succeed in the modern workplace."--Publisher's website.

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