Larry Cuban

Hugging the Middle--How Teachers Teach in an Era of Testing and Accountability

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Produktbeschreibung

Larry Cubans How Teachers Taught has been widely acclaimed as a pathbreaking text on the history and evolution of classroom teaching. Now Cuban brings his great experience as a classroom teacher, superintendent, and researcher to this highly anticipated follow-up to his groundbreaking work. Focusing on three diverse school districts (Arlington, Virginia; Denver, Colorado; Oakland, California), Hugging the Middle offers an incisive portrayal of how teachers teach now. It is a revealing look at a range of current, workable pedagogical options educators are using to engage students while satisfying parents and policymakersoptions that succeed by creating hybrid practices that combine both teacher-centered approaches (e.g., mostly direct instruction, textbooks, lectures) with student-centered ones (e.g., team projects on real-world problems, independent learning, small-groupwork). This book serves as a state-of-the-profession assessment in an era of top-down educational policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Teachers College Press
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 168g
• ISBN-13: 9780807749357
• ISBN-10: 0807749354
• Artikelnr.: 25550380

Autorenporträt

Larry Cuban is Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University. In addition to How Teachers Taught, his books include Teachers and Machines, Frogs into Princes: Writings on School Reform, Why Is It So Hard to Get Good Schools? and How Can I Fix It? Finding Solutions and Managing Dilemmas .