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OverviewSince the 1960s, efforts to reform education—including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches—have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning. The Hope Study was created to discover whether a radically different learning environment would achieve different outcomes. In detailing the outcome of the Hope Study, Assessing What Really Matters in Schools gives hope to innovative and progressive schools, to new and different accountability systems, while changing the conversation from an achievement discourse to a human development discourse. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ronald J. Newell , Mark J. Van Ryzin , Debbie Meier, MacArthur Fellow, Co-chaiPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Education Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.281kg ISBN: 9781578869688ISBN 10: 1578869684 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 16 January 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 What Is Learning Chapter 3 Schools of Hope Chapter 4 The Research Chapter 5 A Good Stage/Environment Fit for Adolescents Chapter 6 Results of the Study Chapter 7 Why EdVisions Schools Obtain Positive Results Chapter 8 Using the Hope Study for School Improvement Chapter 9 Afterword: Rigor RedefinedReviewsThis book offers a rare combination?a fresh perspective on student learning, a serious effort to measure success, and a practical way to inform discussions about schools as a learning environments. The authors conceptualize rigorous learning as the outcome of an environment that promotes positive youth development, not changes in course offerings or testing requirements. They champion the idea that students should be at the center of their own learning agenda and that overall success in life requires educating the whole child. This has led them to create and study schools that test an important idea ? that academic rigor comes from students establishing positive relationships with others and having opportunities to face personally relevant challenges.The Hope Study demonstrates what can happen when pioneering educators partner with researchers to go beyond their intuitive understandings to better understand what helps learners. The result is fascinating portrait of schools where studen Author InformationRonald J. Newell serves as the Learning Program and Evaluation Director for EdVisions Schools. Mark J. Van Ryzin is Research Assistant at the Institute for Child Development at the University of Minnesota. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |