A richer, brighter vision for American high schools
By: Nel Noddings, Stanford University
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781107075269; 9781107427914
Subjects: Educational change; Vocational education; Aims and objectives; Secondary Education; Holistic education; Teacher-student relationships; High schools; Curricula; School improvement programs
Description: "In today's high schools, education is often reduced to a means of achieving financial security, leading to an overemphasis on quantifiable measures of performance. This approach encourages academically talented students to focus on test scores and rankings rather than intellectual enrichment, and discourages students with non-academic talents from pursuing them. A Richer, Brighter Vision for American High Schools advocates instead a unifying educational aim of producing better adults, which would encompass all aspects of students' lives: intellectual, physical, moral, spiritual, social, vocational, aesthetic, and civic. Nel Noddings offers suggestions to improve high schools by increasing collegiality among students and faculty, enriching curricula with interdisciplinary themes, renewing vocational education programs, addressing parenting and homemaking, and professionalizing the teaching force. This thought-provoking book will act as an important guide for teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and policy makers"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-200) and index.
Table of contents: title: Unity of purpose; title: Vocational programs; title: What might have been : women's traditional interests; title: A better adult : continuing the search; title: Parenting; title: The Common Core Standards; title: Critical thinking; title: Collegiality, caring, and continuity; title: The curriculum and its setting; title: Planning, enacting, evaluating; title: The professional preparation of teachers; title: Reflecting on the brighter vision.