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In search of deeper learning : the quest to remake the American high school / Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine.

Mehta, Jal, (author.). Fine, Sarah M., 1983- (author.).

Summary:

An award-winning professor and an accomplished educator, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine take us beyond the hype of reform and inside some of America's most innovative classrooms to show what is working--and what isn't. In a world where test scores have been king, this boldly humanistic book offers a rich account of what education can be at its best.-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780674988392
ISBN: 0674988396
Physical Description: 452 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- The state of deeper learning in American high schools -- The progressive frontier: project-based learning -- No excuses schools: benefits and tradeoffs -- International baccalaureate: a system for deeper learning? -- The comprehensive high school: performance versus learning -- Deeper learning at the margins: why the periphery is often more vital than the core -- Deeper teaching: rigor, joy and apprenticeship -- Mastery, identity, creativity, and the future of schooling.