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If our goal is to broaden and deepen students' awareness and
understanding of mathematics, we advance the idea that engaging
students with what we metaphorically call the personality of math.
That is, we think that students who engage with the math's (1)
human champions, (2) with its history and philosophy, and (3) with
the nature of its problems and inferential challenges, are more
likely to have a positive attitude toward math that will encourage
greater learning.
If our goal is to broaden and deepen students' awareness and
understanding of mathematics, we advance the idea that engaging
students with what we metaphorically call the personality of math.
That is, we think that students who engage with the math's (1)
human champions, (2) with its history and philosophy, and (3) with
the nature of its problems and inferential challenges, are more
likely to have a positive attitude toward math that will encourage
greater learning.
In the wake of initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and the use
of high-stakes testing, the emphasis in schools has been on drill
and practice for the test. Genuine understanding and critical
thinking have been increasingly shortchanged. As a result, students
have fewer opportunities to advance their insight into cognitive
and emotional challenges, even though both teachers and parents
recognize the importance of developing deliberative and reflective
thinking skills. This book uniquely combines two things. First, it
provides resources for classroom teachers in middle and secondary
school that make it possible to, at a moment's notice, take
advantage of a teachable moment by drawing students into productive
intellectual discussions. Second, it gives the reader an overview
of the rationale and the research base for engaging students in
educational activities that are truly intellectual and that are not
limited to training for testing success.
In the wake of initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and the use
of high-stakes testing, the emphasis in schools has been on drill
and practice for the test. Genuine understanding and critical
thinking have been increasingly shortchanged. As a result, students
have fewer opportunities to advance their insight into cognitive
and emotional challenges, even though both teachers and parents
recognize the importance of developing deliberative and reflective
thinking skills. This book uniquely combines two things. First, it
provides resources for classroom teachers in middle and secondary
school that make it possible to, at a moment's notice, take
advantage of a teachable moment by drawing students into productive
intellectual discussions. Second, it gives the reader an overview
of the rationale and the research base for engaging students in
educational activities that are truly intellectual and that are not
limited to training for testing success.
In the wake of initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and the use
of high-stakes testing, the emphasis in schools has been on drill
and practice for the test. Genuine understanding and critical
thinking have been increasingly shortchanged. As a result, students
have fewer opportunities to advance their insight into cognitive
and emotional challenges, even though both teachers and parents
recognize the importance of developing deliberative and reflective
thinking skills. This book uniquely combines two things. First, it
provides resources for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 6 that make
it possible for them, at a moment's notice, to take advantage of a
teachable moment by drawing students into productive intellectual
discussions. Second, it gives the reader an overview of the
rationale and the research base for engaging students in
educational activities that are truly intellectual and that are not
limited to training for testing success.
In the wake of initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and the use
of high-stakes testing, the emphasis in schools has been on drill
and practice for the test. Genuine understanding and critical
thinking have been increasingly shortchanged. As a result, students
have fewer opportunities to advance their insight into cognitive
and emotional challenges, even though both teachers and parents
recognize the importance of developing deliberative and reflective
thinking skills. This book uniquely combines two things. First, it
provides resources for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 6 that make
it possible for them, at a moment's notice, to take advantage of a
teachable moment by drawing students into productive intellectual
discussions. Second, it gives the reader an overview of the
rationale and the research base for engaging students in
educational activities that are truly intellectual and that are not
limited to training for testing success.
This book addresses a very important aspect of teacher training, as
well as the training of educational administrators, school
counselors and other educational allied professionals, an aspect
that is too often overlooked. That aspect is role modeling a
deliberative mind. A deliberative mind is one filled with
wonderment and eagerness to learn. We introduce educational
professionals to systematic pondering and large-scale wonderment.
This book addresses a very important aspect of teacher training, as
well as the training of educational administrators, school
counselors and other educational allied professionals, an aspect
that is too often overlooked. That aspect is role modeling a
deliberative mind. A deliberative mind is one filled with
wonderment and eagerness to learn. We introduce educational
professionals to systematic pondering and large-scale wonderment.
In order to survive and attain market leadership, organizations
must engage in longer-term strategic quality activities to address
radical, paradigm-shifting improvements that affect the
organization and its competitive position. This requires a
different way of thinking and acting by leaders and managers that
is known as insightful thinking. This book can show you how to
achieve this kind of success. It is about how to think insightfully
about quality and to increase the creativity, innovation, and
agility of an organization and its employees. Quality must be
addressed in strategic as well as operational terms in order for
organizations to compete effectively over the long term. Strategic
quality management requires insightful leadership.The second
edition updates the case discussions about real organizations that
illustrate the main points of the book. It challenges leaders and
managers to adopt a new way of thinking and presents
thought-provoking ideas about how organizations can begin the
process of charting their own paths to insight and lasting success.
In order to survive and attain and maintain market leadership,
organizations must engage in longer-term strategic quality
activities to address radical - possibly paradigm-shifting -
improvements that might affect the organization and its competitive
position. Doing so requires a different way of thinking and acting
by leaders and managers. This is known as insightful thinking, and
this book can show you how to achieve this kind of success.This
book is about how to think differently about quality and by doing
so increase the creativity, innovation, and agility of an
organization and its employees as well as the awareness of new
developments in the marketplace and their possible impact on the
organization and its markets. Quality must be addressed in
strategic as well as operational terms in order for organizations
to compete effectively over the long term. Strategic quality
management requires insightful leadership.Each chapter contains
short case illustrations about real organizations that illustrate
the main points of that chapter. It challenges leaders and managers
to adopt a new way of thinking and presents thought-provoking ideas
about how organizations can begin the process of charting their own
paths to insight - and lasting success.
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