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464) Education and development: tradition and innovation.Introductory volume,A human rights analysis
Author
Publisher
Cassell
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
As a professor at Yale, Bill Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively, and how to find a sense of purpose. Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand...
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Compares the performance of American schools with that of other countries against the background of an increasingly globalizing world, introducing new competition for talent, markets, capital, and opportunity, and shows mixed results for U.S. students and recommends areas where American schools and education should be improved"--
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"This book tracks the dramatic outcomes of the federal government's growing involvement in higher education between World War I and the 1970s, and the conservative backlash against that involvement from the 1980s onward. Using cutting-edge analysis, Christopher Loss recovers higher education's central importance to the larger social and political history of the United States in the twentieth century, and chronicles its transformation into a key mediating...
Publisher
Lost People Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to a 'better' life for indigenous children. But is this true? What really happens...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In 22 essays, Don Graves shows how testing encroaches on teacher freedom; considers how narrow standards can actually reduce student achievement; asks questions that can help teachers to cope with these new restrictions; and discusses practices that support humane teaching in a testing environment.
Author
Publisher
TeacherGoals Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Educators will have a vital role to play in the rapidly emerging artificial intelligence revolution. Humanity and technology are teaming up to unleash a brand-new world of possibilities filled with groundbreaking advances that will allow us to reimagine teaching and learning! Are you an educator looking to stay ahead in the ever-changing world of education? Look no further than The AI Classroom, the ultimate guide for navigating the complexities...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence. Robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyze stocks, work in factories, find parking spaces, advise oncologists. In the past, automation was considered a threat to low-skilled labor. Now, many high-skilled functions, including interpreting medical images, doing legal research, and analyzing data, are within the skill sets of machines. How can higher education prepare...
