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OverviewThere is no shortage of innovations on offer for schools. Hardly a week passes without someone marching out the latest device, app, service, curricular add-on, or instructional technique that, we are told, is sure to cure the perennial woes of systemic education. This book is an investigation of this enchantment with “innovation” and its implications for not only everyday teaching and learning, but also the future of public education. Based on a study of The Innovation School—a public high school organized around makerspaces, design thinking, and personalized technology—the author challenges conventional wisdom about how educational transformation unfolds and argues that the popular understanding of innovation exacerbates inequality and undermines teacher and student autonomy. Building the Innovation School demonstrates how attending to the infrastructures of innovation leads to educational change that is driven by the interests and values of educators. Repair rather than disruption is the focus—a commitment to schools that allow all students to flourish. Book Features: Shows how specific innovations actually work over time in the everyday life of the classroom. Provides resources for breaking through the hype of current (and future) innovations-of-the-day. Offers a framework for “innovating from below,” tailoring local innovations to the needs, values, and priorities of students, educators, and the community. Includes an appendix of resources for teachers and administrators interested in applying the frameworks from the book in their schools and classrooms. Full Product DetailsAuthor: T. Philip Nichols , Yasmin B. KafaiPublisher: Teachers' College Press Imprint: Teachers' College Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.204kg ISBN: 9780807766781ISBN 10: 080776678 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 13 May 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsBuilding the Innovation School: Infrastructures for Equity in Today's Classrooms is an especially valued and unreservedly recommended addition to school district, college, and university library Experimental Education Methods & Theories collections. --Midwest Book Review Author InformationT. Philip Nichols is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Baylor University. He received the 2022 Literacy Research Association (LRA) Early Career Achievement Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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