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Overview"The Unfinished Revolution is essential reading not only for educators and policymakers, but for anyone who has looked at the difficulties faced by schools and the communities around them and thought, ""There must be a better way."" Drawing on a vast body of evidence and relevant research, the book covers: How humans learn, and why our innate talents for learning through community involvement clash with current school systems. The historical reasons for the demise of learning within the community and the rapid ascent of mass education. The impact changing economies and working practices have had on family life, and on our expectations of schools. The English experience, showing how difficult it has proved over the past 50 years to move away from entrenched systems of education. How educational practices need to change in order to promote lifelong learning. Abbott and Ryan believe that education should be about far more than teaching the basics and improving test scores, and offer up their own compelling vision of how and what children should learn in the 21st century." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr John Abbott , Terry Ryan , Wendy VarleyPublisher: Network Educational Press Ltd Imprint: Network Educational Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.410kg ISBN: 9781855390645ISBN 10: 1855390647 Pages: 282 Publication Date: 01 November 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsPreface to the first edition Introduction Chapter 1 - The biological model of leaning Chapter 2 - Learning in the 21st century Chapter 3 - The economy and the learning needs of children Chapter 4 - How mass education eclipsed apprenticeship Chapter 5 - Scientific schooling for an industrial age Chapter 6 - The struggle of ideas Chapter 7 - Bid is better Chapter 8 - The case for working smarter, not just harder Chapter 9 - England: a case study of a one-size-fits-all education system Chapter 10 - Making the leap from instruction and schools to learning and community Endnotes Appendices IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJohn Abbott is president of the 21st Century Learning Initiative, a transnational association of educational researchers and practitioners based in the UK. Following a long career as a teacher and headteacher in England, John became director of Education 2000, spearheading nine community-wide education projects in the UK. He lectures around the world on new understandings about learning and is the author of several books including Learning Makes Sense (1994) and The Child is Father of the Man: How Humans Learn and Why (1999). Terry Ryan is senior researcher for the 21st Century Learning Initiative. After receiving his Masters Degree in political economy in 1994, he worked with educational reformers and students in Poland, and co-authored a book on Polish history, The Shadows of the Past (2000), with former Solidarity leader Wiktor Kulerski. Ryan lives in Virginia, USA, with his wife and baby daughter. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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