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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Darrell M. WestPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Brookings Institution Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.404kg ISBN: 9780815722441ISBN 10: 0815722443 Pages: 159 Publication Date: 31 May 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAs is expected from Brookings, Darrell West provides us with a clear, authoritative, non-dogmatic, up-to-date account of all the ways in which new technologies are altering the K-12 education landscape. --Paul E. Peterson,, Director, Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance Darrell West's book recognizes that if students don't learn the way we teach, then we should teach the way they learn. --Larry Rosenstock, CEO and founding principal, High Tech High In this pithy volume, Darrell West offers wise words of both optimism and caution. He notes the promise of new technologies to improve schooling in the twenty-first century, but cautions that these advances will only deliver if accompanied by a tough-minded willingness to rethink the structure and culture of schools and school systems. Policymakers and educators alike would do well to heed the lessons West offers. --Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies, American Enterprise Institute As is expected from Brookings, Darrell West provides us with a clear, authoritative, non-dogmatic, up-to-date account of all the ways in which new technologies are altering the K-12 education landscape. Paul E. Peterson,, Director, Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance | Darrell West's book recognizes that if students don't learn the way we teach,then we should teach the way they learn. Larry Rosenstock, CEO and founding principal, High Tech High | In this pithy volume, Darrell West offers wise words of both optimism and caution. He notes the promise of new technologies to improve schooling in the twenty-first century, but cautions that these advances will only deliver if accompanied by a tough-minded willingness to rethink the structure and culture of schools and school systems. Policymakers and educators alike would do well to heed the lessons West offers. Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies,American Enterprise Institute Author InformationDarrell M. West is vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he also directs the Center for Technology Innovation. His many books include the Brookings titles The Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation (2011), Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy (2010), and Digital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era, written with Edward Alan Miller (2009). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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