Cathy N. Davidson
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"College still looks like it did a century ago, with instructors delivering lectures to silent halls of students. Yet the science of education shows unambiguously that active learning is more effective. The New Classroom details the evidence and offers hands-on guidance for teachers in every discipline and institution, so that students can excel"--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T. As Cathy N. Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she introduces us to...