TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mehta,Jal
AU  - Fine,Sarah M.
TI  - In search of deeper learning: the quest to remake the American high school 
SN  - 9780674988392 (alk. paper)
AV  - LB 2822.82 M498i 2019
U1  - 373.0973 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - High schools
KW  - United States
KW  - Administration
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Enseñanza secundaria
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - High school environment
KW  - Educational change
KW  - Cambio educativo
KW  - School improvement programs
KW  - Mejoramiento de programas escolares
KW  - Public schools
KW  - Escuelas públicas
KW  - Education
KW  - Aims and objectives
KW  - Educación
KW  - Fines y objetivos
KW  - Experimental methods
KW  - Metodos experimentales
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Remaking the American high school -- The state of deeper learning in American high schools -- Deeper learning at the progressive frontier: project-based learning in the modern age -- No excuses and deeper learning: building block or oxymoron? -- International baccalaureate: a system for deeper learning? -- Deeper learning meets the shopping mall high school: -- The long hand of history and the challenge of reinvention -- Deeper learning at the "margins": why the periphery is often more vital than the core -- A different stance: deeper teaching in the disciplines -- Elusive integrations: mastery, identity, creativity, and the future of schooling
N2  - An award-winning professor and an accomplished educator, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine take us beyond the hype of reform and inside some of America's most innovative classrooms to show what is working--and what isn't. In a world where test scores have been king, this boldly humanistic book offers a rich account of what education can be at its best.--
ER  -