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Creative schools : the grassroots revolution that's transforming education / by Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica.

By: Robinson, Ken, 1950-Contributor(s): Aronica, LouMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Viking, c 2015Description: xxviii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: 9780670016716 (hbk)Subject(s): Creative thinking -- Study and teaching -- United States | Creative ability -- Study and teaching -- United States | Educational change -- United States | School improvement programs -- United StatesDDC classification: 370.973

Contents:

Introduction: One minute to midnight -- Back to basics -- Changing metaphors -- Changing schools -- Natural born learners -- The art of teaching -- What's worth knowing? -- Testing, testing -- Principles for principals -- Bring it all back home -- Changing the climate.

Summary: Argues for an end to the outmoded industrial educational system and proposes a highly personalized, organic approach that draws on technological and professional resources to engage all students, develop their love of learning, and enable them to face the challenges of the twenty-first century.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Namal Library Social Sciences(hall 2)	370.973 ROB-C 2015 8889 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	Available		0008889

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: One minute to midnight --
Back to basics --
Changing metaphors --
Changing schools --
Natural born learners --
The art of teaching --
What's worth knowing? --
Testing, testing --
Principles for principals --
Bring it all back home --
Changing the climate.

Argues for an end to the outmoded industrial educational system and proposes a highly personalized, organic approach that draws on technological and professional resources to engage all students, develop their love of learning, and enable them to face the challenges of the twenty-first century.

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