Overview

Drawing from the information presented at conference sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Mid--Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium, leading educators, researchers, and policymakers, Scaling Up Success translate, theory into practice and provide, a hands--on resource that clearly describes different models for ""scaling up"" success. This important resource is filled with illustrative examples of best practices that are grounded in real--life case studies of technology--based educational innovation from networking a failing school district in New Jersey to using computer visualization to teach scientific inquiry in Chicago. Scaling Up Success show how the lessons learned from technology--based educational innovation can be applied to other school improvement efforts.

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Author:   Chris Dede ,  James P. Honan ,  Laurence Peters ,  Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.524kg
ISBN:  

9780787976590

ISBN 10:   0787976598
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   07 January 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword (Ellen Condliffe Lagemann).Preface.1. Moving from Successful Local Practice to Effective State Policy: Lessons from Union City (Fred Carrigg, Margaret Honey, Ron Thorpe).2. Dewey Goes Digital: Scaling Up Constructivist Pedagogies and the Promise of New Technologies (Martha Stone Wiske, David Perkins).3. Adapting Innovations to Particular Contexts of Use: A Collaborative Framework (Barry J. Fishman).4. Designing for Scalable Educational Improvement: Processes of Inquiry in Practice (Susan R. Goldman).5. Scaling Up Professional Development in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Chile (Laurence C. Peters).6. Technology as Proteus: Digital Infrastructures That Empower Scaling Up (Chris Dede, Robert Nelson).7. Scaling Up Data Use in Classrooms, Schools, and Districts (Sam Stringfield, Jeffrey C. Wayman, Mary E. Yakimowski-Srebnick).8. Foundations for Success in the Great City Schools: Lessons from Some Faster-Improving Districts (Michael Casserly, Jason C. Snipes).9. Scaling Up Technology-Based Educational Innovations (Barbara Means, William R. Penuel).10. Critiquing and Improving the Use of Data from High-Stakes Tests with the Aid of Dynamic Statistics Software (Jere Confrey, Katie M. Makar).11. Scaling Up Success: A Synthesis of Themes and Insights (Chris Dede, James P. Honan).The Contributors.Acknowledgments.Name Index.Subject Index.

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Chris Dede is the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. James P. Honan is a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Laurence C. Peters currently directs the Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education (MARTEC) based at Temple University, Philadelphia. Prior to taking this position, he was a senior education policy advisor for the U.S. Department of Education during the Clinton Administration.

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