Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
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Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
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Overview
THE BOOK THAT’S CHANGING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
“A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education.”
―Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great
“A terrific read; it must become a blueprint for educational transformation.”
―Joel Klein, former Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
Studies in neuroscience reveal that the way we learn doesn’t always match up with the way we are taught. To stay competitive―academically, economically, and technologically―we need to apply the proven principles of disruptive innovation to our educational system. Disrupting Class will show you how to:
• Help more students succeed through customized learning
• Meet the demand for new technology, especially computers, in student-centric classrooms
• Use disruptive innovation to circumvent roadblocks that have stood in the way of reform
• Compete in the global classroom—and help students get ahead in the global market
Filled with fresh and surprising ideas, outside-the-box strategies, and straight-A success stories, Disrupting Class will make you rethink your understanding of intelligence, reevaluate your current school program, and reinvigorate your commitment to learning. The future is now. Class is in session.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781259860881 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | McGraw Hill LLC |
| Publication date: | 10/21/2016 |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Sales rank: | 1,168,548 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Michael B. Horn was named one of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement in the use of technology in education by Tech & Learning magazine. He is cofounder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a nonprofit think tank, and serves as a principal consultant for Entangled Solutions, which offers innovation services to higher education institutions. He is the coauthor of the bestseller Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools.
Curtis Johnson has extensive experience working in education as a teacher, a college professor, and a well-respected consultant. He is a managing partner of Education Evolving, a project of the Center for Policy Studies, which originated the concept of charter schools. Johnson was chief of staff to former governor Arne Carlson of Minnesota. He is the coauthor of three books that explore how metropolitan regions have to adapt to new realities to be successful places.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Randall Circle High School
chapter 1:
Why Schools Struggle to Teach Differently
When Each Student Learns Differently
chapter 2:
Making the Shift: Schools Meet Society’s Jobs
chapter 3:
Crammed Classroom Computers
chapter 4:
Disruptively Deploying Computers
chapter 5:
The System for Student-Centric Learning
chapter 6:
The Impact of the Earliest Years on Students’ Success
chapter 7:
Why So Many Students Seem Unmotivated
chapter 8:
Improving Education Research
chapter 9:
Organizing to Innovate
Conclusion
Index
What People are Saying About This
"After a barrage of business books that purport to 'fix' American education, at last a book that speaks thoughtfully and imaginatively about what genuinely individualized education can be like and how to bring it about."--(Howard Gardner, author of Five Minds for the Future)
"Powerful, proven strategies for moving education from stagnation to evolution."--(Christopher Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard Graduate School of Education)
"Clayton Christensen's insights just might shake many of us in education out of our complacency and into a long needed disruptive discourse about really fixing our schools. This will be a welcome change after decades in which powerful calls to action have resulted in only marginal improvements for our nation's school children."--(Vicki Phillips, director of Education, Gates Foundation)
"In Disrupting Class, Christensen, Horn and Johnson argue that the next round of innovation in school reform will involve learning software. While schools have resisted integrating technology for instruction, today's students are embracing technology in their everyday lives. This book offers promise to education reformers."--(Kathleen McCartney, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education)
"Clayton Christensen and colleagues describe how disruptive technologies will personalize and, as a result, revolutionize learning. Every education leader should read this book, set aside their next staff meeting to discuss it, and figure out how they can be part of the improvement wave to come."--(Tom Vander Ark, President, X PRIZE Foundation)
"A decade ago, Clayton Christensen wrote a masterpiece, The Innovator's Dilemma, that transformed the way business looks at innovation. Now, he and two collaborators, Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson, have come up with another, focusing his groundbreaking theories of disruptive innovation on education."--(David Gergin, US Presidential Advisor)
"A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education."--(Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great)