Wiggins, Grant P.,  1950- <br/><br/>
Schooling by design :  mission, action, and achievement / 
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. 
 - Alexandria, VA :  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,  c2007. 
 - v, 287 p. :  ill ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-277) and index. 
<br/><br/>A vision of schooling -- What is the mission of schooling? -- What should curriculum accomplish? -- How should curriculum be re-formed? -- How should teaching be appropriately depersonalized? -- What is the teacher's job when teaching? -- What is the teacher's job when not teaching? -- What is the job of an academic leader? -- A plan for schooling by design -- How should backward design apply to school reform? -- What are the desired results of school reform? -- What evidence should we collect? -- What actions should we plan? -- What habits must we confront? 
<br/><br/> Reference and Research Book News. 
<br/><br/> Provides a school reform strategy which focuses on a long-term mission; curriculum and assessment framework; set principles of learning; structures, policies, and staff that follow the mission; ongoing feedback and adjustments; and an effective planning process. 
<br/><br/> Professional  Follett Library Resources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1416605800 9781416605805 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007004394 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Curriculum planning--United States.<br/>Education--Aims and objectives.--United States<br/>Educational change--United States.<br/>School improvement programs--United States.<br/>Curriculum planning--United States.<br/>Education--Aims and objectives.<br/>School improvement programs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA217.2  / .W53 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.2/00973