Reimagining Education Reform and Innovation

by Matthew Lynch (Editor)

Overview

This volume is the leading collection of contemporary essays by the major thinkers in the field of education reform and innovation. Chapters of this book integrate into their analyses the conceptual, political, pedagogical, and practical histories, tensions, and resources that have established education reform and innovation as one of the most vital and growing movements within the field of education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433124808
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	05/02/2014
Series:	Counterpoints: Studies in Criticality , #461
Pages:	177
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Matthew Lynch is Associate Professor of Education at Langston University. He pent seven years as a K-12 teacher – an experience that gave him an intimate view of the challenges facing genuine education reform.

Table of Contents

Contents: Matthew Lynch: What We Already Know about Education Reform in America – Patrick R. Potyondy: Reimagining Urban Education: Civil Rights, Educational Parks, and the Limits of Reform – Katie Aubrecht: Reimagining Success: Ordinary Orders and University Student «Mental Life» – Ayse Kizildag/Harun Simsek: Reflections on Educational Reforms: English LanguageTeaching in the Turkish Context of the 21^st Century – Anne Marie Garth: Student Teachers as Active Participants in Schools’ Policy Contexts – Anne Marie Garth: Working in the «Wiggle Room»: A University Supervisor Supports Student Teachers’ Policy Navigation – Margaret Bertucci Hamper: «Beyond Discussion»: Basic Composition as a Social Imperative – Jim Haendiges: Creating Comic Books in the College Composition Classroom – Sheila Giesbrecht: Design Principles as a Methodology for School Reform.