Re-Awakening the Learner

Creating Learner-Centric, Standards-Driven Schools

By (author) Copper Stoll, Gene Giddings

Publication date:

31 May 2012

Length of book:

188 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781610486965

Transformation of public education requires the reawakening of the sleeping giant in the room: the learners. Students, teachers, and principals must develop a learner-centric, standards-driven school. Reawakening the Learner is a guide to creating just such an environment. Continua describe the journey of teachers, teacher leaders, and principals in partnering with learners. Adult-driven routines must be replaced with learner-centric practices.

All stakeholders must identify a common moral purpose, create a culture that supports change, and commit to the learner improvement cycle. Common moral purpose must be driven by beliefs and behaviors that support all learners to proficiency. School culture must be developed to be ready for change, have enough trust in one another to doubt current practices, and develop collective efficacy. This new culture will support the components of the learner improvement cycle (assessment, evaluation, planning, and learning) by involving the learners during each step of the cycle.

The authors call for national dialogue with educational experts to reinvent public education, where all students are given enough time and support to reach proficiency on the standards.

Forward by Robert J. Marzano

Acknowledgments

Section 1: Public Education: Yesterday’s Answers to Twenty-First-Century Needs
Chapter 1 The Problem: Schools are Not Structured to Prepare Learners for the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 2 Creating the Schools Our Kids Deserve!

Section 2: The Common Moral Purpose
Chapter 3 Developing Moral Purpose

Section 3: The Culture of Continuous Improvement
Chapter 4 Creating the Culture of Readiness for Change
Chapter 5 Creating the Culture of Trust-To-Doubt
Chapter 6 Creating a Culture of Learner-Centric, Collective Efficacy

Section 4: The Learner Improvement Cycle
Chapter 7 Assessing
Chapter 8 Evaluating
Chapter 9 Planning
Chapter 10 Learning

Section 5: Wide Awake in the Twenty-First Century: Proficiency For All
Chapter 11 Moving From Sleep-Walking To Reawakening the Learner

References

There has never been a greater sense of urgency for educational reform in our country than now. Today’s students cannot wait any longer for us to bring education into the twenty-first century. The major themes presented by Mr. Gene Giddings and Dr. Copper Stoll are the perfect blueprint for any district to move forward with real sustained educational reform.