{"product_id":"selftaught-9781475868173","title":"SelfTaught","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American educational structure is a feudal system designed around an inefficient seat time model. This structure sets students against each other in competition, creates zip-code inequalities, and empowers an expensive and often damaging bureaucratic class of administrators. Due to shortages of teachers and staff, and to needless problems with curricula and testing, this system is about to fall. Historically, when feudal systems collapse, they create opportunities for new structures to emerge. Technology has made it possible to develop a new educational model that connects students to their community and reduces pressure on students and teachers. This new model makes it possible to deliver high quality education for all students, regardless of zip code, while turning students into active learners. Self Taught: Moving from a Seat Time Model to a Mastery Learning Model explains how this process can begin by asking just one question: what would you do if you needed to learn somethi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: The Civilization Conversation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: The Brain and Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: The Seat Time Model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Seat Time Model and Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: The Mastery Learning Model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Why Education is Sequestered from Economic Trends and Innovation and How to Change This\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Workforce Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040360235351,"sku":"9781475868173","price":65.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475868173.jpg?v=1750946502","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selftaught-9781475868173","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}