{"product_id":"supporting-the-spirit-of-learning","title":"Supporting the Spirit of Learning","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"How will the traditional skillset of the industrial era have to be expanded for successful workers and citizens in the knowledge era? How must the traditional education process be transformed? Two cornerstones to the new system of education will be elevating the learning process to comparable standing with the content of what is learned, and making high-level thinking and learning skills, like systems thinking and collaborative learning, as important as traditional skills of reductionistic thinking and individual problem solving. These could indeed be two elements of a ′thought revolution in education.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  From the Foreword by Peter M. Senge, Center for Organizational Learning\u003cbr\u003e  Massachusetts Institute of Technology \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupporting the Spirit of Learning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e presents a powerful case for making the learning process the major focus of the curriculum. Curriculum-the heart and soul of teaching-has too often remained an overlooked component of school reform. The editors believe a new way of learning is necessary in order to develop the skills needed in today′s interdependent world. This new framework encourages lifelong learning, systems thinking, and teamwork. Teaching specific disciplines reinforces the all-important teaching of processes and skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and information processing. The chapter authors of this study describe how curriculum, evaluation and assessment, and involving parents and technology would be different if process and not content were the primary focus of learning. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Chapters explore the changes in preservice and inservice training needed to support process-centered education. The role of educator shifts from information provider to that of catalyst, coach, innovator, researcher, and collaborator with the learner throughout the learning process. Tomorrow′s workplaces will require flexible, multiskilled, continuously learning employees. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  To achieve that goal, process-based learning focuses on: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeveloping critical thinking skills \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eImplementing self-assessment exercises, integral to learning \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eOffering students opportunities to actively acquire knowledge for themselves \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating learning environments that develop cooperative problem solving \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eLearning skills in the context of real problems \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultivating learner-centered, teacher-directed management \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating outcomes that ensure all students have learned to think \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWritten for school administrators, teachers, staff developers, curriculum staff, and the faculty of teacher preparation, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupporting the Spirit of Learning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e is the second volume of a trilogy addressing the curriculum needs for the 21st century.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263450534232,"sku":"9780803963122","price":42.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780803963122_d45adb7c-2b9c-41e6-aeed-55562095616f.jpg?v=1777786276","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/supporting-the-spirit-of-learning","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}