The New Education: How To Revolutionize The University To Prepare Students For A World In Flux
by Cathy N. Davidson /
2017 / English / EPUB
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"The most important book I have read in many
years."
"The most important book I have read in many
years."-Tony Wagner, Harvard University i-lab Expert
in Residence, author of
-Tony Wagner, Harvard University i-lab Expert
in Residence, author ofCreating Innovators
Creating InnovatorsA leading educational thinker argues that the American
university is stuck in the past--and shows how we can
revolutionize it for our era of constant change
A leading educational thinker argues that the American
university is stuck in the past--and shows how we can
revolutionize it for our era of constant change
Our current system of higher education dates to the period from
1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades
and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare
young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the
Model T. As Cathy N. Davidson argues in
Our current system of higher education dates to the period from
1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades
and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare
young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the
Model T. As Cathy N. Davidson argues inThe New Education
The New Education,
this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the
gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she
introduces us to innovators who are remaking college for our own
time by emphasizing student-centered learning that values
creativity in the face of change above all.
,
this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the
gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she
introduces us to innovators who are remaking college for our own
time by emphasizing student-centered learning that values
creativity in the face of change above all.The New
Education
The New
Education ultimately shows how we can teach students not only
to survive but to thrive amid the challenges to come.
ultimately shows how we can teach students not only
to survive but to thrive amid the challenges to come.