Teaching for Tomorrow: Teaching Content and Problem-Solving Skills

by Ted McCain (Editor)

Overview

Mc Cain concisely lays out the argument for preparing students for their world, guiding them to become independent and successful critical thinkers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412913836
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/10/2005
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Ted Mc Cain is coordinator of instructional technology for Maple Ridge Secondary School in Vancouver, BC. He also has taught computer networking, graphic design, and desktop publishing for Okanagan College, Kelowna, BC. He is the author of six books on the future, effective teaching, educational technology, and graphic design. In 1997, Mc Cain received the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence for his work in developing a real-world technology curriculum that prepares students for employment in technology directly out of high school. For the past twenty years, Mc Cain has done consulting work for businesses and school districts on effective teaching for the digital generation and the implementation of instructional technology. His clients have included Apple Computer, Microsoft, Aldus, and Toyota, as well as many school districts and educational associations in both the United States and Canada. He is passionate in his belief that schools must change so that they can effectively prepare students for the rest of their lives.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. What Skills Will Students Need for the 21st Century?
2. Six Ways to Teach for Independent and Higher Learning
3. Teaching Students How to Solve Problems
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Ted Mc Cain gives readers clear, detailed, and readable strategies in order to engage students in active learning. The real-world content for students is key to an authentic, sustainable ability to problem solving. "

Guylene Robertson

"In our current NCLB-test-driven environment, this book provides a guide for teachers who want their students to be life-long learners with real-world problem solving skills."

Michael A. Burke

"McCain's insights as an educator go way beyond the classroom. He truly grasps the need for schools to prepare young people for life in an increasingly dynamic world. This book continues Ted's tradition as a writer who speaks with great insight and clarity."

David Thornburg