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The key concepts involve using disruptive innovation and technology to transform education in America and ensure every student receives a high-quality education [Passage 4]. This transformation is necessary to stay competitive academically, economically, and technologically [Passage 4].
The book proposes that customized learning will help more students succeed [Passage 2]. It also suggests that student-centric classrooms will increase the demand for new technology, and that computers must be deployed disruptively to every student [Passage 2]. Disruptive innovation can help overcome obstacles that have hindered previous reform attempts [Passage 2]. The passages do not explain disruptive innovation in detail or provide Christensen's "Jobs to Be Done" theory as applied to education.
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Title: Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, Michael B. Horn Description: Clay Christensen's groundbreaking bestselling work in education now updated and expanded, including a new chapter on Christensen's seminal "Jobs to Be Done" theory applied to education. "Provocatively titled, Disrupting Class is just what America's K-12 education system needs--a well thought-through proposal for using technology to better serve students and bring our schools into the 21st Century. Unlike so many…
, government official, business leader, parent, teacher, or entrepreneur, you'll discover surprising new ideas, outside-the-box strategies, and straight-A success stories. You'll learn how: Customized learning will help many more students succeed in school Student-centric classrooms will increase the demand for new technology Computers must be disruptively deployed to every student Disruptive innovation can circumvent roadblocks that have prevented other attempts at school reform We can compete in the global classroom-and get ahead in the global market Filled with fascinating case studies,…
rely a terrific read; it must become a blueprint for educational transformation." —Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education "A brilliant teacher, Christensen ...
m Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great “Just as iTunes revolutionized the music industry, technology has the potential to transform education in America so that every one of the nation’s 50 million students receives a high quality education. Disrupting Class is a must-read, as it shows us how we can blaze that trail toward transformation.” —Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida According to recent studies in neuroscience, the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. If we hope to stay competitive-academically, economically, and technologically-we need to rethink…