LEARNER-CENTERED SCHOOLS - A VISION FOR THE FUTURE

Authors
Citation
A. Urbanski, LEARNER-CENTERED SCHOOLS - A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, Educational policy, 9(3), 1995, pp. 281-292
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
ISSN journal
08959048
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
281 - 292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-9048(1995)9:3<281:LS-AVF>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
What would schools be like 10 years from now if the reforms that we ar e pursuing were deepened and accelerated? How would teaching and learn ing change? In what ways would school governance and teachers' unions be different What must communities do to sustain such a transformed ed ucational system? This article lays out one scenario that is both poss ible and already in the making. It offers hope that we can begin to bu ild tomorrow today-and that if we can envision it, we can also achieve it.