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PublisherCorwin Press
ISBN-101506316093
ISBN-139781506316093
eBay Product ID (ePID)242546054
Product Key Features
Number of Pages120 Pages
Publication NameReach for Greatness : Personalizable Education for All Children
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
SubjectLeadership, Administration / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorYong Zhao
Subject AreaEducation
SeriesCorwin Impact Leadership Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight6.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2017-042443
ReviewsReading a book by Yong Zhao is always an educational awakening! In Reach for Greatness, Zhao makes it clear that students are the potential for greatness within schools, not a problem our educational system needs to fix. This book challenges educators to re-examine the true purpose of education and commit to supporting students' passions and cultivating their strengths. Personalizable education occurs when students are in the driver's seat--their voices need to be heard, valued, and acted upon. Thanks to Yong, I am more determined than ever to ensure that students are not just along for the ride., A bold and compelling call for a wholesale shift in our education priorities. With powerful stories and examples, Dr. Zhao lays out an aspirational goal for our schools: empower each child to create a distinctive path to greatness by reinforcing strengths and unleashing passions. Read this, and you'll be inspired!, Yong Zhao again provokes and challenges our thinking by sounding a call to immediate action. Our education system must fundamentally change to meet the needs of our children. With insightful personal stories and penetrating analysis of our current education system, Zhao, at once challenging, provocative, and optimistic, shows us that personalizable education models are the way to transform our education system from one that supports mediocrity to one which magnifies the passions and talents of each student., Yong Zhao, ever the engaging education contrarian, delivers a compelling read that systematically outlines how to break away from educational systems that narrow, dictate, and sort learners, and readjust to focus on students' unique skills, needs, and passions. It brings the role of education - in society and for the individual - to the forefront and, in doing so, has the reader reappraise its purpose. Moving beyond just a recommendation of personalization, Yong promotes the idea of education personalized by, not for, the leaner., Reach for Greatnessis a must-read for the truly professional educator today. Common sense and expert practice are hard to find. Yong Zhao brings insight and intelligence in arguing for a dramatic shift of thinking about schooling that is fit for today's world. This book helps give shape to a robust narrative sorely needed for every student.
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal371.394
Table Of ContentAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction: Stop Looking at My Bad LegChapter 1: The Ambitious Pursuit of Mediocrity: How Education Curtails Children's Potential for GreatnessChapter 2: All Children Are Above the Average: The Potential for GreatnessChapter 3: A Musician Must Make Music: The Need to Be GreatChapter 4: Take Control: Personalizable Education for GreatnessChapter 5: Trust Me: Realizing Personalizable EducationReferencesIndex
SynopsisBased on current understanding of human abilities, every child can be great. This book brings research from different disciplines to show where children's strengths and passions can be found and argues that in order to teach for greatness, we need to make education personalizable. The author uses examples and stories throughout the book to describe practices that have gone awry and, more importantly, ones that have worked, especially with disadvantaged children., How do you close the achievement gap? Start by changing the question. When we use the achievement gap to define success, we shortchange our students. It's time to recognize that the potential for greatness lies in a unique form within each child--and that the goal of education should be to encourage and develop it. This inspiring manifesto brings in research from different disciplines and demonstrates how to uncover individual greatness by giving students control of their learning. You'll also find: Strategies for implementing personalizable education Examples showing practices that have gone wrong--and right Guidance for teaching disadvantaged students, This book highlights key actions school leaders can undertake right away to inform and improve their practice., Make education personalizable - Every child can be great when they own their learning For years, focusing on the achievement gap has led to the same result: We hope for greatness and settle for competence. But why settle? It's time to recognize that the potential for greatness lies in a unique form within each child, and that the goal of education should be to encourage and develop it. This inspiring manifesto brings in research from different disciplines to show where children's strengths and passions can be found, and how personalizable education uncovers them. Also included: Strategies for implementing personalizable education Examples showing practices that have gone wrong--and right Guidance for teaching disadvantaged students Every child has the potential to be great. Teaching for greatness gives students control of their own learning--and guides them toward future happiness and success. Are you tired of gimmicks like "personalized learning" that have become empty slogans, but keen for the real depth and substance of an education that helps all students to reach their full potential? If so, Yong Zhaos Reaching for Greatness is the book for you! With vivid examples and carefully scaffolded argumentation, Zhao shows how what he calls "personalizable education" offers an exciting and practical future for all of our students truly to become great. Zhaos writing is full of whimsy and humor, so that you cant wait to see what this wonderful alchemist of educational change is going to say next. Best of all, this gem of a book is one that not only all teachers, but also a rising generation of students, will cherish as well. --Dennis Shirley, Professor, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Educational Change. Once again Yong pulls us from our narrow view of what education is and reminds us what it needs to be. Personalized education (as opposed to the ubiquitous and limited notion of personalized learning) is essential for a time in which we need to recognize and cultivate the diverse strengths of our students for their own good and our shared future on earth. Poignant stories from Yongs global travels to schools make the research in this call to action relatable and accessible for all educational stakeholders. This is an important read! --Emily McCarren, Academy Principal, Punahou School, co-author of The Take Action Guides to World Class Learners book series.
LC Classification NumberLB1031
