Disrupting class : how disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns / Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson.

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Christensen, Clayton M

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TextPublication details: New York ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill, c2008.Description: xiii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0071592067 (alk. paper)
9780071592062 (alk. paper)
9780071749107

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DDC classification:

370.1523 CHR

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	370.1523 CHR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100441907

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Just as kids await the next Harry Potter installment, so do business leaders look for Clayton M. Christensen's next offering."- Inc. Magazine

The business book of the year-a long-awaited lesson in innovation from the legendary Harvard Business School professor...

With his blockbuster bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma , Clayton M. Christensen created the classic model for growth and change in corporations and cultures. Now, taking a cue from Bill Gates' 2005 critique of the American school system, he applies his theory of "disruptive innovation" to a much-needed evolution in educational technologies-offering new opportunities and challenges for the business community. Christensen brilliantly shows how tomorrow's innovations in education will change the way the world learns-and what businesses can do to meet those changing demands today.

Clayton M. Christensen's books are:

"REQUIRED READING."- BusinessWeek

"ABSORBING."- The New York Times

"THOUGHTFUL."- Fortune

"BRILLIANT."-Michael R. Bloomberg

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgments (p. ix)
Introduction (p. 1)
Randall Circle High School (p. 19)
Chapter 1 Why Schools Struggle to Teach Differently When Each Student Learns Differently (p. 21)
Chapter 2 Making the Shift: Schools Meet Society's Needs (p. 43)
Chapter 3 Crammed Classroom Computers (p. 71)
Chapter 4 Disruptively Deploying Computers (p. 89)
Chapter 5 The System for Student-Centric Learning (p. 121)
Chapter 6 The Impact of the Earliest Years on Students' Success (p. 147)
Chapter 7 Improving Education Research (p. 159)
Chapter 8 Forging a Consensus for Change (p. 179)
Chapter 9 Giving Schools the Right Structure to Innovate (p. 197)
Conclusion (p. 223)
Index (p. 231)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is co-founder of Innosight, a management consultancy, Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm, and Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank. Christenen is the author or coauthor of five books including the New York Times bestsellers The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution . He serves as a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Michael B. Horn is a cofounder and Executive Director of Innosight Institute. He holds an AB from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.

Curtis W. Johnson is a writer and consultant who has served as a college president, head of a public policy research organization, and chief of staff to governor Arne Carlson of Minnesota. Johnson and his colleagues were among the early proponents of what has become the chartered school movement.