Defying Standardization: Creating Curriculum for an Uncertain Future (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781475815634)

Defying Standardization pierces the veil of misinformation surrounding the push to standardize the curriculum expectations for 56 million public school children. It provides a high energy, passionate, and, well-researched argument of what curriculum should and can be to facilitate the development of unstandardized skills and dispositions necessary for a globally connected society. Defying Standardization dismantles the myths and lies surrounding international test rankings and demonstrates that there is no relationship to economic indicators or skills that drives the innovation economy. The book provides practical examples for how educators, students, and parents can defy standardization with locally developed, evidence-informed, and globally literate practices to facilitate the development of customized curricula. This book is for those who yearn for a vibrant, innovative, and creative school system in which all students are provided opportunities to pursue their passions and interests in ways that will prepare them to be well-rounded individuals and democratic citizens in a global community.

Author: Christopher H. Tienken
ISBN-10: 1475815638
ISBN-13: 9781475815634
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2016
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d