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1 online resource (452 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"An award-winning professor and an accomplished educator, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine take us beyond the hype of reform and inside some of America's most innovative classrooms to show what is working--and what isn't. In a world where test scores have been king, this boldly humanistic book offers a rich account of what education can be at its best."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The state of deeper learning in American high schools -- The progressive frontier: project-based learning -- No excuses schools: benefits and tradeoffs -- International baccalaureate: a system for deeper learning? -- The comprehensive high school: performance versus learning -- Deeper learning at the margins: why the periphery is often more vital than the core -- Deeper teaching: rigor, joy and apprenticeship -- Mastery, identity, creativity, and the future of schooling. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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High schools -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies.
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High schools. |
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United States. |
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Administration. |
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Case studies.
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High school environment -- United States -- Case studies.
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High school environment. |
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Educational change -- United States -- Case studies.
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Educational change. |
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School improvement programs -- United States -- Case studies.
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Public schools -- United States -- Case studies.
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States -- Case studies.
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School improvement programs. |
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Education -- Experimental methods.
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Education -- Experimental methods. |
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Public schools. |
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EDUCATION -- Secondary. |
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Education -- Aims and objectives. |
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General. |
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High schools -- Administration. |
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Fine, Sarah M., 1983- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mehta, Jal. In search of deeper learning. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019 9780674988392 (DLC) 2018044763 (OCoLC)1084632307 |
| ISBN |
9780674239951 (electronic book) |
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0674239954 (electronic book) |
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9780674988392 |
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0674988396 |
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