Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age

Reboot student learning the right way! Today’s most successful school leaders are truly “learning engineers”: creative thinkers who redefine their problems and design new ways to better serve kids’ success. Technology has a critical role, but it’s the creative reinvention of schools, systems, and classrooms that has to come first. In this powerful book, best-selling author and education policy expert Rick Hess and chief learning officer Bror Saxberg show you how to become your school's learning engineer. Using cutting-edge research about learning science as a framework, you’ll: Identify specific learning problems that need solving Devise smarter ways to address them Implement technology-enabled, not technology-driven, solutions INDICE: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors1. Introduction Thinking Like a Learning Engineer Why This Volume? The Book: The World's Most Successful Education Technology Books Are a Learning Technology A Dispiriting Track Record A Lot of Potential Myths That Suffuse and Confuse Rethinking Carpe Diem: Reengineering What It Means to Be a School Don't Get Stuck on Bogeymen Learning Science and Learning Engineers The Book Ahead2. What We Can Learn From Learning Science Cognitive Science and Its Less Useful Cousins Becoming an Expert How Memory Works Deliberate Practice Working Memory Has Two Channels: Audio and Visual The Crucial Role of Student Motivation Putting Learning Science to Work Seven Elements of Learning A Few Key Takeaways3. Applying Learning Science to Technology The Five Capabilities of Technology The Tutoring Challenge Know What Problem You're Solving Technology Can Help With the Elements of Learning Putting People and Technology Together Putting This to Work4. Reengineering With Technology The Socratic Method New Tools Can Create New Capabilities Engineers Ask a Lot of Questions What Happens When You Don't Think Like a Learning Engineer Mooresville Graded School District: Fish Don't Talk About Water Technology Can Be a Powerful Tool5. Redesigning Schools and Systems Designing for New Challenges and Opportunities Khan Academy: Distinguishing the App Store From the Apps Leveraging the Elements of Learning Design Rocketship Education: The Engineer's Tale It's the Engineering, Not the Gizmos6. Doing This in the Real World Technology in the Real World When Rules Get in the Way Going One-to-One Summit Public Schools: Finding a Way Overcoming the Obstacles7. Bringing It Together Three Big Things to Keep in Mind Every Team Needs Learning Engineers Learning Engineers Ride in the Engine, Not the Caboose Revisiting Our Myths The Bad News... Is the Good NewsIndex

• ISBN: 978-1-4522-5549-1
• Editorial: Corwin
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 216
• Fecha Publicación: 27/11/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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