Virtual Schooling: A Guide to Optimizing Your Child's Education
Autor Elizabeth Kanna, Lisa Gillis Christina Culveren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2009
Today, millions of school-age children are learning outside of a traditional classroom and using cutting edge educational options. Policy experts predict that in a decade half of all education will be delivered virtually. In" Virtual Schooling" three top authorities help you navigate the fastest growing movement in education -- regardless of whether your child attends public school, private school or is home schooled. You'll discover how to:
. Find opportunities and programs to optimize your child's learning, strengths and aptitudes.
. Create a personalized learning plan for your child, which can remove barriers, ignite their passions and propel your child to new levels of learning.
. Prepare your child for success in the workplace in any future economy."
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0230614329
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 140 x 211 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Palgrave MacMillan
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Descriere
Three top authorities offer their expertise and show parents how to:
· Customize and enhance a child's education
· Determine the right mix of curriculum (virtual or not)
· Identify what the school of the future can do for each child's education
Cuprins
The Education of the Future – Here Today
What is Virtual Schooling and How Does It Work?
Getting Started
Personalized Learning: Getting to Know Your Unique Learner
Virtual Schooling and the Elementary Years
Virtual Schooling in the High School Years
Your Virtual Education Quick Answer Guide
Comprehensive Virtual Schooling Resource Guide
Recenzii
'A thoughtful and lively speaker, Gillis has her own dramatic story to tell about online education.' - Insight Schools, Press Release
'A blueprint and a tool kit for parents to join the latest education revolution.' Emediawire.com 5 August 2009
Notă biografică
CHRISTINA CULVER is a policy person who was in the first Bush administration and who later implemented the No Child Left Behind Law. She is on the board of many education related foundations.
LISA GILLIS is a director at Insight, an educational program overseeing California's alternative schools. A recognized go to expert on virtual schooling, Gillis has developed many successful school models. All have homeschooled their children.
Caracteristici
No book currently on the shelf explains to parents the full extent of virtual schooling, shows how to capitalize on resources and apply it for their kids' needs
Kanna, Culver, and Gillis are all experts in alternative education, connected to all the important people in field who will help promote the book