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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lisa Scherff |
ISBN: | 1578862000 9781578862009 |
OCLC Number: | 56608119 |
Description: | xviii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The intentional dimension -- The structural dimension -- The curricular dimension -- The pedagogical dimension -- The evaluative dimension -- Stress at school -- What I've learned so far -- The future: Improving themselves and schools -- Good experiences and missed opportunities -- Stories that must be told. |
Responsibility: | Lisa Scherff. |
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[Scherff] presents a representative collection of [students'] submissions, grouped thematically into chapters covering Eisner's five aspects of schooling, stress at school, what the students have learned so far, what they envision for themselves in the future, positive experiences, and missed opportunities. * Reference and Research Book News * Finally someone recognizes the irony surrounding extensive research that deals with education and schools but lacks the input of their main user, the student. Whether or not students and their opinions are considered a 'valid' cohort for research on education and school reform, the insight that can be gleaned from these frank writings will be useful to anyone in the educational field. * VOYA * Recommended. * CHOICE * Thirteen Years of School honors the voices of the very people the educational system should serve, the students. It offers insight into their opinions of school. Students share what they think is going well, but most of the submissions address what they would like to see changed or improved. Voice that are typically not heard or even asked to speak are the main focus of this book. These voices are the ones that our educational system should listen to carefully. * Teacher Leaders Network * The author offers commentary at the beginning of each section, but the students' words speak for themselves. * Youth Today * Read more...

