New Books Calling for Educational Change
January 26, 2011
A new year is always a time to make some changes for the better, so these new books on educational change are just right for the season.
Too simple to fail : a case for educational change by R. Bausell, New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. Call Number: LB 1025.3 .B3894 2011
Based on the authors own research and a survey of over thirty years of other educational research Bausell offers outlines a set of simple steps to increase instructional time for all students.
What’s wrong with our schools : and how we can fix them by Michael C. Zwaagstra. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2010. Call number: LA 217.2 .Z93 2010.
Case studies based on real events examine the state of public education and reveal many of the illogical instructional practices found in schools.
Crisis on campus: a bold plan for reforming our colleges and universities by Mark C. Taylor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Call number: LA 227.4 .T39 2010.
Taylor contends that universities have been corrupted by overspecialization, tenure, and the valuing of research over teaching and offers creative solutions to revitalizing higher education with multidisciplinary approaches.