Disrupting class:how disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christensen Clayton M
Group Author: Horn Michael B; Johnson Curtis W
Published: McGraw-Hill,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiii, 238 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0071592067 (alk. paper)
9780071592062 (alk. paper)
Index Number: G511
CLC: G511
Call Number: G511/C554
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why schools struggle to teach differently when each student learns differently -- Making the shift : schools meet society's needs -- Crammed classroom computers -- Disruptively deploying computers -- The system for student-centric learning -- The impact of the earliest years on students' success -- Improving education research -- Forging a consensus for change -- Giving schools the right structure to innovate.
According to recent studies in neuroscience, the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. If we hope to stay competitive-academically, economically, and technologically--we need to rethink our understanding of intelligence, reevaluate our educational system, and reinvigorate our commitment to learning ...