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The New Education
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The New Education

How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux

Basic Books, 2017 plus...


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Eye Opening
  • Visionary
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

CUNY professor Cathy N. Davidson offers background information on why today’s education systems have their roots in an industrial age. She presents examples of new educational models that US community colleges and elite universities are exploring. She provides a list of simple techniques on how to shift classrooms toward a more active learning model. She presents a separate list telling students how to get the most out of their education.

Take-Aways

  • Early education reformer Charles Eliot established the format for American college education.
  • Teaching students to work with technology for research and learning prepares them to be better users of the next technologies to come along.
  • Using technology in the classroom to help students learn is sensible, but it requires a shift from the traditional lecture hall lesson.

About the Author

Cathy N. Davidson is the founding director of the Futures Initiative and a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the author or editor of 18 books.


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    R. A. 4 years ago
    The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux. New York: Basic Books, 2017. 336 pp. Cathy Davidson's The New Education is a visionary book—shadowed (“haunted” would be too melodramatic) by a dour, even desperate book.