Catching Up or Leading the Way
Yong Zhao
At a time when globalization and technology are dramatically altering the world
we live in, is education reform in the United States headed down the right path?
Are schools emphasizing the knowledge and skills that students need in a global
society--or are they actually undermining their strengths by overemphasizing
high-stakes testing and standardization? Are education systems in China and
other countries really as superior as some people claim? These and other
questions are at the heart of author Yong Zhao s thoughtful and informative
book.
we live in, is education reform in the United States headed down the right path?
Are schools emphasizing the knowledge and skills that students need in a global
society--or are they actually undermining their strengths by overemphasizing
high-stakes testing and standardization? Are education systems in China and
other countries really as superior as some people claim? These and other
questions are at the heart of author Yong Zhao s thoughtful and informative
book.
Death and Life of the Great American School System
Diane Ravitch
Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant
Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth
of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about
how we can create actual change in public schools
Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth
of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about
how we can create actual change in public schools
Drive
Daniel Pink
Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the
carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink. In this
provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high
performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human
need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better
by ourselves and our world.
Drawing on four decades of scientific
research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science
knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He
examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and
purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action
in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.
carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink. In this
provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high
performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human
need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better
by ourselves and our world.
Drawing on four decades of scientific
research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science
knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He
examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and
purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action
in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.
The Element
Ken Robinson
The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When
people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and
achieve at their highest levels. With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks
at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the Element and those that
stifle that possibility. Drawing on the stories of a wide range of people,
including Paul McCartney, Matt Groening, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington,
and Bart Conner, he shows that age and occupation are no barrier and that this
is the essential strategy for transforming education, business, and
communities in the twenty-first century.
people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and
achieve at their highest levels. With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks
at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the Element and those that
stifle that possibility. Drawing on the stories of a wide range of people,
including Paul McCartney, Matt Groening, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington,
and Bart Conner, he shows that age and occupation are no barrier and that this
is the essential strategy for transforming education, business, and
communities in the twenty-first century.
A Whole New Mind
Daniel Pink
The future belongs to a different
kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors,
storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark
the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.
Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally
human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and
personal fulfillment--and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind
takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way
of thinking about a future that's already here.
kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors,
storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark
the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.
Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally
human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and
personal fulfillment--and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind
takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way
of thinking about a future that's already here.
World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students
Yong Zhao
To succeed in the global economy,
students need to think like entrepreneurs.
Zhao unlocks secrets to cultivating
independent thinkers who can create jobs
and contribute positively to the
globalized society.
students need to think like entrepreneurs.
Zhao unlocks secrets to cultivating
independent thinkers who can create jobs
and contribute positively to the
globalized society.
Now, Discover Your Strengths
M. Buckingham & D. Clifton
Unfortunately, most of us have little sense of our talents and strengths, much
less the ability to build our lives around them. Instead, guided by our parents,
by our teachers, by our managers, and by psychology's fascination with
pathology, we become experts in our weaknesses and spend our lives trying to
repair these flaws, while our strengths lie dormant and neglected.
Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of the national bestseller First, Break All the
Rules, and Donald O. Clifton, Chair of the Gallup International Research
& Education Center, have created a revolutionary program to help readers
identify their talents, build them into strengths, and enjoy consistent,
near-perfect performance. At the heart of the book is the Internet-based
StrengthsFinder® Profile, the product of a 25-year, multimillion-dollar effort
to identify the most prevalent human strengths. The program introduces 34
dominant "themes" with thousands of possible combinations, and reveals how they
can best be translated into personal and career success. In developing this
program, Gallup has conducted psychological profiles with more than two million
individuals to help readers learn how to focus and perfect these themes.
less the ability to build our lives around them. Instead, guided by our parents,
by our teachers, by our managers, and by psychology's fascination with
pathology, we become experts in our weaknesses and spend our lives trying to
repair these flaws, while our strengths lie dormant and neglected.
Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of the national bestseller First, Break All the
Rules, and Donald O. Clifton, Chair of the Gallup International Research
& Education Center, have created a revolutionary program to help readers
identify their talents, build them into strengths, and enjoy consistent,
near-perfect performance. At the heart of the book is the Internet-based
StrengthsFinder® Profile, the product of a 25-year, multimillion-dollar effort
to identify the most prevalent human strengths. The program introduces 34
dominant "themes" with thousands of possible combinations, and reveals how they
can best be translated into personal and career success. In developing this
program, Gallup has conducted psychological profiles with more than two million
individuals to help readers learn how to focus and perfect these themes.