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An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students

An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students

Current price: $38.64
Publication Date: July 30th, 2003
Publisher:
Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
9780325005966
Pages:
160
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Description

Drawing from his own remarkable experience as a veteran classroom teacher (still in the classroom), Ron Berger gives us a vision of educational reform that transcends standards, curriculum, and instructional strategies. He argues for a paradigm shifta schoolwide embrace of an ethic of excellence. A master carpenter as well as a gifted teacher, Berger is guided by a craftsman's passion for quality, describing what's possible when teachers, students, and parents commit to nothing less than the best. But Berger's not just idealistic, he's realistiche tells exactly how this can be done, from the blackboard to the blacktop to the school boardroom.

About the Author

Ron Berger has been a public school teacher in western Massachusetts for 25 years. He works with the Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound school network, Harvard Project Zero, and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.