The Third Teacher

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Description

Created by an international team of architects and designers concerned about our failing education system, The Third Teacher explores the important link between the school environment and how children learn, and offers 79 practical design ideas, both great and small, to guide reader’s efforts to strengthen our schools. Written for somebody who has school-age children in their life, from educators and education decision-makers to parents and community activists, this book is intended to ignite a blaze of discussion and initiative about environment as an very important element of learning. Including a wealth of interviews, facts, statistics, and stories from experts in a variety of fields, this book is a how-to guide for use to connect to the many organizations, individuals, and ideas dedicated to innovating and making improvements to teaching and learning. Contributors include children’s singer and advocate Raffi, creator and creativity consultant Sir Ken Robinson, scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki, inventor James Dyson, and other experts who are working to create fresh solutions to problems and create a new blueprint for the way forward for education.



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