World-Class Education : Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation.
Title:
World-Class Education : Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation.
Author:
Stewart, Vivien.
ISBN:
9781416613787
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Globalization and Education -- Chapter 2: Success Stories From Around the World -- Chapter 3: The Common Elements of Successful Systems -- Chapter 4: Developing Effective Teachers and School Leaders -- Chapter 5: Modernizing Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment -- Chapter 6: Creating the Future -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- Related ASCD Resources -- Search this Book.
Abstract:
Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing, innovation-based world, this comprehensive and illuminating book from international education expert Vivien Stewart focuses on understanding what the world's best school systems are doing right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools-at the national, state, and local level-might do differently and better.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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