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Building the Innovation School: Infrastructures for Equity in Today’s Classrooms - Softcover

Nichols, T. Philip

 
9780807766781: Building the Innovation School: Infrastructures for Equity in Today’s Classrooms
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080776678X ISBN 13: 9780807766781
Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2022

Synopsis

There is no shortage of innovations on offer for schools. Hardly a week passes without someone marching out the latest device, app, service, curricular add-on, or instructional technique that, we are told, is sure to cure the perennial woes of systemic education. This book is an investigation of this enchantment with “innovation” and its implications for not only everyday teaching and learning, but also the future of public education. Based on a study of The Innovation School―a public high school organized around makerspaces, design thinking, and personalized technology―the author challenges conventional wisdom about how educational transformation unfolds and argues that the popular understanding of innovation exacerbates inequality and undermines teacher and student autonomy. Building the Innovation School demonstrates how attending to the infrastructures of innovation leads to educational change that is driven by the interests and values of educators. Repair rather than disruption is the focus―a commitment to schools that allow all students to flourish.

Book Features:

  • Shows how specific innovations actually work over time in the everyday life of the classroom.
  • Provides resources for breaking through the hype of current (and future) innovations-of-the-day.
  • Offers a framework for “innovating from below,” tailoring local innovations to the needs, values, and priorities of students, educators, and the community.
  • Includes an appendix of resources for teachers and administrators interested in applying the frameworks from the book in their schools and classrooms.

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About the Author

T. Philip Nichols is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Baylor University. He received the 2022 Literacy Research Association (LRA) Early Career Achievement Award.

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Publisher
Teachers College Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080776678X
ISBN 13 
9780807766781
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
144