Dennis Adams, Mary Hamm

Tomorrow's Innovators

Essential Skills for a Changing World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tomorrow's Innovators: Essential Skills For A Changing World focuses on approaches and methods to help teachers infuse their basic subject matter lessons with creativity, innovation, and adaptability. On a broader scale, we provide elementary and middle school educators with insights into current educational issues and suggestions for converting new ideas into practical classroom applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9781475800814
• ISBN-10: 1475800819
• Artikelnr.: 36060926

Autorenporträt

Dennis Adams, former Fulbright Scholar, has taught at the elementary school level. In higher education, he has taught at the University of Minnesota, University of Maine, and McGill University in Montreal. He did graduate work at Harvard University and has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author of more than 30 books and more than 100 journal articles on various educational topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: Essential Skills in a Changing World
Chapter 2: Thinking and Learning in a technologically-intensive world
Chapter 3: Collaborative Learning: A Role for Small Groups in
Preparing Tomorrow's Innovators
Chapter 4: Communication Technologies
Chapter 5: Science and Math: Focus, Inquiry, and
Creative Problem Solving
Chapter 6: Reading and Writing: Literacy and Language Skills
in a Changing World
Chapter 7: Arts Education: Connections, Knowledge,
and Informed Encounters