Breakthrough
Autor Michael Fullan, Peter Hill, Carmel Crévolaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 apr 2006
În peisajul actual al reformei educaționale, Breakthrough ocupă un loc central în programele de studiu dedicate strategiilor și politicilor de învățământ, oferind o alternativă pragmatică la standardizarea rigidă. Lucrarea semnată de Michael Fullan, Peter Hill și Carmel Crévola marchează o evoluție în gândirea autorilor, mutând accentul de la structurile de coerență prezentate în Coherence către o metodologie aplicată la nivel de clasă și district. Remarcăm modul în care autorii definesc succesul prin triada 'Triple P': personalizarea interacțiunilor, precizia predării bazată pe evaluări formative și învățarea profesională continuă a cadrelor didactice.
Spre deosebire de Personalizing Learning de John West-Burnham, care propune un manifest pentru centrarea pe elev, Breakthrough adaugă o componentă tehnică esențială: drumurile critice de învățare (critical learning paths). Această structură permite profesorilor să cartografieze progresul individual și să intervină cu precizie acolo unde apar blocaje. Cartea este organizată logic, pornind de la diagnosticul sistemului actual 'blocat', trecând prin fundamentarea teoretică a noului model și culminând cu strategii de leadership necesare pentru a susține schimbarea. Subliniem relevanța capitolului dedicat sistemelor de instruire experte, unde autorii fac o paralelă inedită cu protocoalele din sănătate pentru a demonstra beneficiile designului instrucțional riguros. Această abordare completează perspectiva din Deep Learning, oferind instrumentele concrete pentru a transforma rolul profesorului dintr-un simplu transmițător de conținut într-un 'activator' al învățării.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1412926424
Pagini: 136
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
De ce să citești această carte
Această lucrare este esențială pentru directorii de școli și decidenții politici care doresc să depășească modelul standardizării sterile. Cititorul câștigă un cadru validat prin care poate integra datele de evaluare direct în procesul de predare. Este o recomandare certă pentru cei care caută soluții sistemice, nu doar intervenții izolate, oferind un limbaj comun pentru profesori și administratori în vederea creșterii performanței academice durabile.
Despre autor
Michael Fullan, expert recunoscut la nivel mondial în reforma educațională, este profesor emerit la OISE/University of Toronto și autorul a numeroase lucrări de referință precum The Six Secrets of Change și Cultures Built to Last. Alături de Peter Hill și Carmel Crévola, specialiști în alfabetizare și design de sisteme, Fullan și-a dedicat cariera studierii modului în care sistemele școlare pot evolua prin leadership moral și coerență. Expertiza lor combinată transformă această carte într-un ghid autoritar pentru implementarea schimbării complexe în instituțiile de învățământ contemporane.
Descriere scurtă
'An outstanding book for educators to transform classroom practice and learning strategies. It builds important perspectives on personalizing learning that will inform current practice. Highly recommended' - Brent Davies, Professor, University of Hull, and author of The Essentials of School Leadership (Paul Chapman Publishing, 2005)
Redesign classroom instruction to transform learning for both students and teachers!
Breakthrough presents a revolutionary new approach to educational reform, breaking away from the conventional paradigm to help educators create focused instruction, transform the classroom experience, and dramatically raise and sustain performance levels for students and teachers alike. This book provides the breakthrough concepts needed for developing precise, validated, data-driven instruction personalized to each and every student.
Synthesizing the best of current instructional models, this framework focuses on the Triple P Core Breakthrough Components: Personalization - meaningful, student-centered classroom interactions; Precision - using formative assessments to monitor individual student progress; and Professional Learning - daily, ongoing learning for all educators.
Helping educators create expert instructional systems, while breaking through the "prescription trap," the authors introduce unique elements of the Breakthrough model, including:
· improvement by design
· assessment for learning
· critical learning instructional paths
· mapping instructional paths
· smart use of data to drive instruction
· locking in ongoing improvement.
Breakthrough establishes the tipping point for moving toward personalized, high-quality instruction and learning in the classroom to ensure continuous improvement and ongoing academic success.
Recenzii
"A clear and insightful look at why teaching must be conceived as constant learning about learning. The analysis of past failed reforms and the general conditions needed for success is well-stated and illuminating."
"Breakthrough has the potential to make a significant contribution to our thinking in education. The call for personalization of teaching and learning is bold. It’s in our basements, and bringing it to the ground level is essential. The timing of the book is excellent."
“Those interested in finding the link between general school reform initiatives and specific strategies that will actually impact classroom practice will cherish Breakthrough. Fullan, Hill, and Crévola present a model that allows teachers to provide precise instructional strategies to specific students who need timely support in order to master specific skills—without falling victim to the ‘prescription trap.’ Their critical pathways concept provides teachers with a powerful framework for integrating pre-assessment, instructional focus, formative assessment, data analysis, and job-embedded professional development to deliver the precision teaching that leads to continuous improvement. Furthermore, they make a compelling case that this model is not only desirable, but also imminently feasible.”
"This is a timely and thought-provoking book. Fullan, Hill, and Crévola address the complexity of teaching and leading, and offer a compelling way forward that focuses on learning for all students through personalization, precision teaching, and professional learning for educators. By connecting assessment with learning, leading with teaching and learning, and classrooms instruction with district and government roles and responsibilities, the authors present an integrated approach that promises to ‘breakthrough’ the sterile standardization that plagues contemporary education."
"Breakthrough points the way to a new definition of effectiveness-one grounded in a powerful theory of action that brings together personalization, precision, and professional learning in new ways. Practical pathways are provided to help the readers apply this theory of action to their own circumstances. Before making any changes, read this book first!"
"Thanks for a provocative and conceptually rich piece. I enjoyed it and got a great deal out of it."
"An outstanding book for educators to transform classroom practice and learning strategies. It builds important perspectives on personalizing learning that will inform current practice. Highly recommended."
"Breakthrough is one of those few books that demonstrably understands the importance of personalizing learning and the need to mobilize the whole system towards this goal. Fullan, Hill, and Crévola provide a clear specification of what is required for a learner led curriculum and what it means to work from the classroom out. Their articulation of how assessment leads instruction and is integrated into curriculum design is exemplary."
"Breakthrough tackles several very thorny problems: how to nurture high quality classroom instruction on a large scale, and how to do so by building on existing professional know-how. Solutions developed in the book warrant careful study by all those with an interest in educational reform."
"Breakthrough explores interesting possibilities for us to radically individualize classroom instruction - and gives convincing reasons why. I especially like the concept of ‘critical pathways’ as a way of organizing learning."
"An ambitious and timely book, Breakthrough is a critical read for those genuinely interested in school reform. Fullan, Hill, and Crévola get to the heart of the matter-improving instruction based on evidence!"
"From cover to cover, the information provided in this book allows readers to think about the past and be hopeful about the future of education reform and practice."
"The authors provide a sound alternative to the lock-step approach that is currently in vogue in many educational settings. Their focus on internal accountability is consistent with student-centered approaches to education."
"Anyone with an interest in educational reform or instructional improvement would benefit from reading this book, reflecting on the ideas presented, and engaging in conversation with others concerning its implication for 21st-century schools."
"Breakthrough is exactly the kind of information that educators need to take any reform movement from 'good idea' to 'best practice.' "
“Interesting, easy to read, and filled with educational insights. This book has much to commend it.”
Cuprins
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
1. The New Mission for School Systems
A System Stalled
The Prescription Trap
2. Breakthrough Components
The Triple P Core Components
3. Transforming Classroom Instruction
The Current Model
The Crux of the Problem
A Basis in Learning Theory
The Breakthrough
4. Creating Expert Instructional Systems
A Focus on Improvement by Design
Expert Instructional Systems
Assessment for Learning
Lessons From Health Care
5. Building a Critical Learning Instructional Path
Mapping the Instructional Path
Measuring and Monitoring Learning
Using the Data to Drive Instruction
Classroom Organization
Loops and Detours in the Critical Learning Instructional Path
Beyond Early Literacy
Locking In Ongoing Improvement
Building the System
6. Breakthrough Leadership: A Way Forward
What Is Needed
Using Change Knowledge
The Breakthrough Framework
Breakthrough Leadership
Conclusion
References
Index
Descriere
Breakthrough presents a revolutionary new approach to educational reform, breaking away from the conventional paradigm to help educators create powerful, focused instruction that raises and sustains performance levels in the classroom. Based on three core components—personalization, precision, and professional learning—these breakthrough concepts turn reform into precise, data-driven classroom instruction personalized to every student. Unique elements of the Breakthrough framework include:
- Improvement by design
- Assessment for learning
- Critical learning instructional paths
- Mapping instructional paths
- Smart use of data to drive instruction
- Locking in ongoing improvement