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A richer, brighter vision for American high schools, Nel Noddings, Stanford University

Label
A richer, brighter vision for American high schools, Nel Noddings, Stanford University
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A richer, brighter vision for American high schools
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
910964590
Responsibility statement
Nel Noddings, Stanford University
Series statement
Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Summary
In today's high schools, education is often reduced to a means of achieving financial security, leading to an overemphasis on quantifiable measures of performance. This approach encourages academically talented students to focus on test scores and rankings rather than intellectual enrichment, and discourages students with non-academic talents from pursuing them. A Richer, Brighter Vision for American High Schools advocates instead a unifying educational aim of producing better adults, which would encompass all aspects of students' lives: intellectual, physical, moral, spiritual, social, vocational, aesthetic, and civic. Nel Noddings offers suggestions to improve high schools by increasing collegiality among students and faculty, enriching curricula with interdisciplinary themes, renewing vocational education programs, addressing parenting and homemaking, and professionalizing the teaching force. This thought-provoking book will act as an important guide for teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and policy makers.--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Unity of purpose; 2. Vocational programs; 3. What might have been: women's traditional interests; 4. A better adult: continuing the search; 5. Parenting; 6. The Common Core Standards; 7. Critical thinking; 8. Collegiality, caring, and continuity; 9. The curriculum and its setting; 10. Planning, enacting, evaluating; 11. The professional preparation of teachers; 12. Reflecting on the brighter vision
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