Teaching the digital generation : no more cookie-cutter high schools /

Kelly, Frank S.

Teaching the digital generation : no more cookie-cutter high schools / Frank S. Kelly. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, 2009. - xiii, 265 p.: ill. 26 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index

Schools must change -- Changing the process of designing schools -- No more cookie-cutter schools -- Models for high schools -- Industrial Age high schools: schools for a world that no longer exists -- Academies -- Instructional centers -- Academic focus -- Learning labs -- Self-directed learning -- Time -- less + more -- Individualized instruction -- Cyber schools -- Diverse learning communities -- Diverse high schools: no more cookie-cutter high schools.

The authors show how traditional industrial-type high schools have failed to meet students` learning needs and explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills.


English

978-1-4129-3927-0


Educational innovations
Educational technology
High school teaching


United States

373.11020973 K28t