Finding Time for the Future

Autor/in	Carter, Alex
Titel	Finding Time for the Future
Quelle	In: Principal Leadership, 10 (2010) 7, S.34-38 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1529-8957
Schlagwörter	Secondary Education; Relevance (Education); Rural Schools; Active Learning; Student Projects; Study Centers; School Schedules; Time Factors (Learning); Daily Living Skills; Futures (of Society); Critical Thinking; Problem Solving; Cooperation; Adjustment (to Environment); Entrepreneurship; Communication Skills; Information Management; Personality Traits; Imagination; Educational Change; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarbereich; Relevance; Relevanz; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Aktives Lernen; Schulprojekt; Schulzeiteinteilung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Future; Society; Zukunft; Kritisches Denken; Problemlösen; Co-operation; Kooperation; Unternehmungsgeist; Kommunikationsstil; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Bildungsreform
Abstract	Most principals admit that despite the huge changes that have taken place in the world over the last 50 years, the education that students receive in today's high schools is remarkably similar to the education that was offered their parents. Educators recognize that changes should occur, but the reality of creating change can be overwhelming. Students complain that there is little relevance between what they learn in schools and their lives--which leads to a disengaged and unmotivated student population. When this author was appointed to be the principal of Telluride (Colorado) High School--a small, high-achieving secondary school--he was not surprised to find that those issues affected his students. In 2007, he and the faculty decided to do something about it. In this article, he describes the Intensive Study Period (ISP) program which is an experiential, project-based approach to learning that is designed to meet the challenge of providing a 21st century education to students by offering a rigorous and relevant curriculum. Their aim is to provide an understanding of the core academic knowledge required for success in college as well as mastery of the process skills that their students will need to experience success in the 21st century. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Secondary School Principals. 1904 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1537. Tel: 800-253-7746; Tel: 703-860-0200; Fax: 703-620-6534; Web site: http://www.principals.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10