Mickey Kolis

Student Relevance Matters (eBook, ePUB)

Why Do I Have to Know This Stuff?

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Classrooms are systems, schools are systems, and schooling in the United States is a big system. Changing any of those systems requires an awareness of how they work; what they produce; and where to apply time, energy, and resources. Current systems could be much better in meeting students' current and future needs. Student Relevance Matters: Why Do I Have to Know this Stuff? aims to clarify the most intrinsic reasons to learn, thereby bridging the gap between content and meeting student needs. This allows for compelling visions, and visions are the seed of learning. This book describes current classrooms, students, and the relationships between them through systems viewpoints-one positive and the other skeptical that they are working as effectively as they might. Each content area is viewed through a lens of deep purpose and how that meets students' needs in timeframes that work best for students. Using those purposes as lenses, knowledge areas are redefined and skills provided to help make those purposes a reality in classrooms today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781607099178
• Artikelnr.: 39484033

Autorenporträt

Mickey Kolis is the author of eight books and a veteran public school teacher; he is currently a university professor. Making learning relevant is his highest professional aspiration.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section 1And the point of schooling is? A systems perspective
Chapter 1Facts-based instruction - Why it seems to work
Chapter 2Generally accepted patterns and outcomes of facts-based
instruction
Chapter 3A skeptics' view of facts-based instruction
Chapter 4Generally ignored patterns and outcomes of facts-based instruction
Section 2Purposes defined
Chapter 5Why purpose is important
Chapter 6The Purpose of Language Arts
Chapter 7The Purpose of Social Studies
Chapter 8The Purpose of Science
Chapter 9The Purpose of Mathematics
Chapter 10The Purpose of Health and Physical Education
Chapter 11The Purpose of Art
Chapter 12The Purpose of Music
Chapter 13The Purpose of Vocational Education
Chapter 14The Purpose of Foreign Language
Chapter 15All together
Section 3Purposes in the classroom
Chapter 16Knowledge needed
Chapter 17Roles
Chapter 18Compelling why
Section 4Conclusion