What's worth learning?

• Main Author: Brady, Marion (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
• Subjects: Teaching.; Education > Curricula > United States.; Curriculum planning > United States.; Thought and thinking > Study and teaching.; Learning, Psychology of.; Education > Curricula.; Curriculum planning and development.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806616831
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-196-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations
• Item Description: Includes index.
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

What's Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is absolutely essential for every learner? In simple, jargon-free language, the book explains why the "core curriculum" in near-universal use in America's classrooms was poor when it was adopted in 1893 and why it grows more dysfunctional with each passing year. It then shows how, without changes in staffing, budgets, or bureaucratic boundaries, knowledge can be organized to both radically improve learner intellectual performance and significantly decrease the cost of a general education. Recognizing the difficulty of translating a new idea into classroom instruction, an appendix offers a comprehensive, classroom-tested course of study suitable for adolescents and older students.