Brave New Schools

The first book in the cultural literacy debate that also considers the new classroom technology available to students, Brave New Schools is a vision of schooling for the twenty-first century. A response to the work of Hirsch and Bloom, as well as a guide for parents and teachers, Brave New Schools describes a world of students, teachers, and parents globally connected by the Internet, thereby able to communicate across geographical and cultural barriers once thought impassable. Brave New Schools also contains a valuable section on K-12 networking resources, lists of published materials available, and descriptions of successful networking activities. Stunning in its implications for the future of learning guided by technology, Brave New Schools offers hopeful solutions to the problems of cultural difference and the future of our children.

About the Author(s)

By Jim Cummins and Dennis Sayers

Table of Contents

Part I: Global Networks, Global Communities - Introduction - From the Inner City to the Global Village: The Emergence of Electronic - Communities of Learning - Beyond Functional Literacy: The Dilemmas of Educational Reform - Blueprints from the Past: The Intercultural Learning Networks of Celestin Freinet and Mario Lodi - Instructional Landscapes: Putting Collaborative Critical Inquiry on the Map Superhighway to Where? - Part II: A Guide to the Internet for Parents and Teachers - Internet Basics - Internet Resources for K-12 Education: Selected Annotated Listings - Index