Schools of Hope: Developing Mind and Character in Today's Youth (Jossey Bass Education Series)

By Douglas H. Heath

A significant contribution to educational reform literature. It offers an insightful, research-based analysis of the problems in education and a compelling vision for change. Schools of Hope will stand with the best works of Ernest Boyer, Ted Sizer, and John Goodlad. ?Gary M. Doyle, deputy superintAndent, Bloomfield Hills Schools Schools of Hope proposes specific principles for creating classrooms that educate both the minds and hearts of today's students, teaching them to be reflective and self-educating.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555426166
• ISBN13: 9781555426163
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 1.4" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

The Best

I've been reading books about education like crazy lately and this one is one of the best. It gives a vision that is rooted in research and clearly expressed. I learned about teaching, and about what priorities and goals I should be setting, and along the way I learned about myself. So this book serves as both a professional and personal resource. My professor didn't know about this book, but has since read it and was delighted with it's usefulness. Highly recommended.

One of the most useful books on education that you could rea

Doug Heath's practical and instructive book can help you focus your goals and find ways to realize them as an educator and as a parent. Based on his vast research and experience with schools, Heath gives us a portrait of what successful human beings are like, and how schools can help students grow up successfully. He is very helpful and specific. He not only helps us understand what kids need, but offers all the evidence one might require to justify following his vision. This book is not just theoretical. It is timely, articulate, and applicable. It can help any educator understand, with great clarity, what they should be trying to do. Don't hesitate. Find this book!