The highly anticipated second edition of Understanding by Design poses the core, essential questions of understanding and design, and provides readers with practical solutions for the teacher-designer. The book opens by analyzing the logic of backward design as an alternative to coverage and activity-oriented plans. Though backward from habit, this approach brings more focus and coherence to …
Drawing on stories from real classrooms and extensive research, Kohn tells parents, educators, and others interested in the debate how schools can help students explore ideas rather than filling them with forgettable facts and preparing them for standardized tests. ...Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by…
Setiap manusia memiliki aneka ragam kecerdasan berbeda, dengan kemampuan belajar yang berbeda pula. Lingkungan yang memberikan stimulus dan kesempatan yang tepat akan melejitkan kecerdasan itu. Berbekal kecerdasannya masing-masing, setiap orang bisa sukses.
This exciting book fosters the skills involved in learning, providing a framework for developing active learning in every community, classroom, and school. This new edition suggests more ways to create powerful learning environments. Teaching Children to Learn has been revised and enlarged, giving more practical ideas to develop creative learning skills. It includes new sections on learning sty…
In 1993, Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2 in honor of his younger sister, but when another member of his group got sick, they turned around and Greg became lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wandered into a poor village, where the village chief and his people took him in. Moved by their kindness, he promised to return and build a school for for the children. Over the next decade, Moertenson …
Didiklah anakmu sesuai dengan zamannya. Sungguh mereka akan menghadapi masa yang berbeda dari masamu. —Ali bin Abi Thalib Pendidikan sejatinya adalah proses memanusiakan manusia, maka program pendidikan harus menjawab kebutuhan manusia secara utuh dalam menghadapi kenyataan hidup yang terus berubah. Itulah mengapa dunia pendidikan itu kompleks, menantang, namun sangat mulia. Kompleksi…