About this title: Despite the best efforts of educators, our nations schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isnt limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools arent teaching or testing the skills that matter most in the global knowledge economy. Our teens leave school equipped to work only in the kinds of jobs that are fast disappearing from the American economy. Meanwhile, young adults in India and China are competing with our students for the ...
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Your search:Books»The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--And What We Can Do about It(21 available copies)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465002290ISBN:0465002293
Description: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 290 p. Audience: General/trade. Brand New-Gift Quality In a plastic cover read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465002290ISBN:0465002293
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2008-08-11
ISBN-13:9780465002290ISBN:0465002293
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465002290ISBN:0465002293
Description: Education expert Wagner argues that today's teenagers are losing their competitive edge in the global market and offers a new plan to teach them such survival skills for the 21st century as inquisitiveness, information integration, imagination, and more. read more
"Excellent analysis and advice on what must change in our high schools. No one worldwide is teaching critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and other needed skills. Standardized testing is allowing less than ever in the US and we will fall behind..."
"This book is a must for anyone in education or interested in our schools in the US. There is a huge opportunity for our schools to reform. We are teaching like it's the last century and there is such a huge calling for employees that are educated for the 21st century to "work well with others". The author shares much of what he learned in other country's educational system and what he learned from talking to employers."
"This was time well spent. Wagner did a solid job building the framework for understanding why and how the global terrain of work, economy and global relationships has changed. Building on the educational implications, he made sound arguments for the benefits of reviewing how we prepare students for productive, skilled lives in this new environment. He bases his framework for change in 7 Survival Skills: 1) Critical Thinking & Problem Solving 2) Collaborating Across Networks 3)Agility and Adaptability 4) Initiative and Entrepreneurialism 5) Effective Oral and Written Communication 6) Accessing and Analyzing Information 7) Curiosity and Imagination. These skills are remarkably similar to the core standards of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the American Association of School Library standards, and posted standards on 21st century skills from the various national organizations representing teachers of English, Social Studies and Math, and also the the National Education Association. Clearly, this is not "new" information. We are well into this discussion. Interestingly, he focuses most on the value of writing, creativity and critical thinking. Sounds old school, but the need for every student to master these skills takes on a new urgency when placed in a global context. He uses Japan as an example, where every worker in the automotive assembly plant has responsibility for innovation written into their job description. Constant evaluation, education, creative problem solving, communication and the agility to adapt quickly are core skills for the global workforce. The most enlightening point for me was his charge that content is the bridge for building the necessary skills. This is a tectonic shift for educators. Our testing system demands mastery of facts with a lot of rote memorization. Our world demands critical thinking, evaluation, flexibility and creativity. How can teachers demonstrate agility, flexibility, creativity, and communicate this shift in education? So glad I get to hear Tony Wagner's keynote at the MassCue conference next week. Can't wait!"
"We are reading this book as mandatory summer reading for my school. It details what's wrong with most schools and how to get it right. Wagner affirms for me what I believe in educational best practices: highly recommended!"
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