Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need - Hardcover

Lehmann, Chris; Chase, Zac

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118076826 ISBN 13: 9781118076828

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2015

Synopsis

Ninety-five propositions for creating more relevant, more caring schools

There is a growing desire to reexamine education and learning. Educators use the phrase "school 2.0" to think about what schools will look like in the future. Moving beyond a basic examination of using technology for classroom instruction, Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need is a larger discussion of how education, learning, and our physical school spaces can―and should―change because of the changing nature of our lives brought on by these technologies.

Well known for their work in creating Science Leadership Academy (SLA), a technology-rich, collaborative, learner-centric school in Philadelphia, founding principal Chris Lehmann and former SLA teacher Zac Chase are uniquely qualified to write about changing how we educate. The best strategies, they contend, enable networked learning that allows research, creativity, communication, and collaboration to help prepare students to be functional citizens within a modern society. Their model includes discussions of the following key concepts:

• Technology must be ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible
• Classrooms must be learner-centric and use backwards design principles
• Good technology can be better than new technology
• Teachers must serve as mentors and bring real-world experiences to students

Each section of Building School 2.0 presents a thesis designed to help educators and administrators to examine specific practices in their schools, and to then take their conclusions from theory to practice. Collectively, the theses represent a new vision of school, built off of the best of what has come before us, but with an eye toward a future we cannot fully imagine.

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From the Back Cover

NINETY-FIVE PROPOSITIONS FOR CREATING MORE RELEVANT, MORE CARING SCHOOLS

The catchphrase "School 2.0" is often used by educators in order to help them think about what schools will look like in the future. Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need moves beyond a simple examination of using technology for classroom instruction, and instead offers a larger discussion of how education, learning, and our physical school spaces should change because of the changing nature of our lives brought on by the use of technology.

Praise for Building School 2.0

"As founding fathers of Science Leadership Academy, Chris Lehmann and Zac Chase have issued a new Declaration of Learning from Philadelphia. Building School 2.0 calls for teachers and students to rise up from the tyranny of old schooling and create humane places for authentic learning and community involvement. At stake is more than just meeting state standards but the future of our democracy."
―Milton Chen, education innovator and author of Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our School

"Lehmann and Chase bring the ruckus in this ode to effective school reflection. If you ever wonder what questions you should ask yourself as an aspiring administrator, a founder of a school, or a veteran educator in need of a spark, this book is for you to read. Have this next to your lamplight and reflect."
―Jose Vilson, teacher and author of This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

"How do we create schools that support inquiry and equity, that listen to teachers, to students, and to the community? How do we create schools that offer modern learning, infused with technology but not driven by programmed instruction? Chris Lehmann and Zac Chase have written a book that prompts educators to ask these questions for themselves and to examine their own pedagogical and administrative practices.... Building School 2.0 is an incredibly thought-provoking prompt for discussion and action about how we can – how we must – rethink school."
―Audrey Watters, education writer, founder of Hack Education, and author of The Monsters of Education Technology

"This is a wise book, a loving book, a caring book. It stands as a testament to the spirit of the authors, and a representation of the soul of education as we would most like it to be."
―Sam Chaltain, author of Our School and co-producer of the PBS documentary 180 Days: Hartsville

From the Inside Flap

All too often technology has become the focal point when discussing the school of the future. Rather than simply offering an examination of how using technology for classroom instruction changes education, Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need offers a larger discussion of how education, learning, and our physical school spaces can--and should--change in order to give students the education they deserve.

Building School 2.0 is based on the work done at Science Leadership Academy (SLA) and its founding principal Chris Lehmann and former SLA teacher Zac Chase. Lehmann and Chase reveal the challenges of changing how we educate our children and the techniques and approaches they employed to create a school that is technology-rich, collaborative, and learner-centric. As the authors explain, the best educational strategies enable networked learning that allows research, creativity, communication, and collaboration to help prepare students to be functional citizens within a modern society.

The model outlined in Building School 2.0 presents ninety-five theses that are designed to help educators and administrators--in all schools both private and public--examine specific practices in their own schools. These ninety-five theses are written with the intention to open conversations and elicit questions for educators and administrators to explore with colleagues. Lehmann and Chase challenge educators, administrators, and parents to construct more modern and humane spaces for our most cherished resource: our students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1118076826
• ISBN 13: 9781118076828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304