1st Edition
Classroom Dynamics Implementing a Technology-Based Learning Environment
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book reports an attempt to introduce change in schools using a computer-based curriculum innovation for teaching higher-order thinking skills to middle and high school students. One of the volume's themes is the extraordinary complexity and difficulty of facilitating such change in schools. A corollary of that theme is the fact that patience must be an integral part of the strategy when... Read more
Contents: The Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation Project. The Systems Thinking Network Project: STACIN. Project Components: Systems Thinking, Graphical User Interfaces, and Modeling. Observations, Issues, Cautions, and Lessons Learned. Technology and Patterns of Teacher Adaptation. Future Research and Policy Implications. Appendices: Evolving Case Studies. Draft Model of a Computer-Based Curriculum Innovation. Past and Present Participating Teachers and Project Directors.
Biography
Mandinach, Ellen B.; Cline, Hugh F.
"...a remarkable book."
—Lee J. Cronbach
Vida Jacks Professor of Education, Emeritus, Stanford University
