Make School Meaningful-And Fun! (Solutions for Modern Learning) (Help and encourage students to learn what they want to learn, make school experiences creative)

Part of the Solutions for Modern Learning series

Bring meaning and curiosity back to school with a contemporary perspective on students lives in the 21st century, as they decide whether to pursue careers or college, or both. In this reader-friendly guide, the author engages educators and leaders in a powerful conversation about modern learning. Explore the 10 criteria for new curricula, encourage students to develop their skills and passions, and consider changes in teaching that can make school fun and relevant to students' lives in the real world.

Consider a new curriculum design that might replace outdated education practices. This new design may help students stay invested in their education by realizing that school can directly help them reach their life goals. Students would learn about real jobs and gain individualized instruction, allowing them to experiment with careers they find appealing.

Benefits:

• Explore the historical background of education philosophy and how it has shaped high school curriculum practices still in place today.
• Discover the subject-specific guidelines for high school curricula implemented by Harvard's Committee of Ten in 1892 and what changes would make the curricula relevant to today's learners.
• Consider how curriculum can be tailored to mirror specific career areas and professions.
• Study the 10 criteria that new curricula should meet, and the changes in teaching that can help make school fun, realistic, and relevant, as schools have lost track of how to measure or define educational achievement.
• Learn how the story-centered curriculum can work in any learning environment and what the virtual experiential high school can offer.

Contents:
About the Author
Preface
Chapter 1: Thinking About Student Goals
Chapter 2: High School: How It Got That Way
Chapter 3: New Curricula for a New Era
Chapter 4: Making School Fun
Chapter 5: The Virtual Experiential High School
References and Resources

Roger C. Schank is one of the world's leading visionaries in artificial intelligence, learning theory, cognitive science, and the building of virtual learning environments. Early in his career, Schank was a professor at Stanford University and Yale University. Later he held a chaired professorship at Northwestern University, where he established the Institute for the Learning Sciences. He is currently CEO and founder of Socratic Arts, a company whose goal is to design and implement learning-by-doing, story-centered curricula in schools, universities, and corporations.