Re-Creating Schools: Places Where Everyone Learns and Likes It

By Charles B. Myers and Douglas J. Simpson

What should your school be? What could it be? Myers and Simpson want you to ask yourself these two questions. And then they want to help you answer them. This practical guide shows you how to re-create your school so that everyone is continually learning how to learn; - and so that the accumulation of knowledge is considered a privilege. Find out how to * Visualize your ideal school * Assess your school′s starting point * Work toward goals you and your teachers set together * Monitor progress and make course corrections Build an authentic learning community in your school to encourage "teaching as professional practice." Make your school into one in which teachers and students work together to construct their own knowledge instead of just receiving it from others. Recognize and realize student learning and student interest in learning as your school′s primary mission. Start by emphasizing teachers′ professional expertise and encouraging their decision-making capabilities. Help teachers acquire, develop, and use their professional competence and knowledge to improve their teaching practice. Myers and Simpson can help you, your teachers, and your students get to the heart of the matter - higher levels of learning for everyone at your school.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803964269
• ISBN13: 9780803964266
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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This book is a must have for any one who wants to be a teacher. This books details how schools must be changed in order to have students learn as much as possible. If you are ever thinking of teaching at any level, this book will ask questions that will get you thinking about new ways to teach. The book is a easy read and well worth the... price. This is a book you will be going back to.