Breakthrough

by Michael Fullan (Editor), Patricia Wonch Hill (Editor), Carmel Cr Vola (Editor)

"A clear and insightful look at why teaching must be conceived as constant learning about learning. The analysis of past failed reforms and the general conditions needed for success is well-stated and illuminating."
--Grant Wiggins
Authentic Education

Redesign classroom instruction to transform learning for both students and teachers!

Breakthrough presents a revolutionary new approach to educational reform, breaking away from the conventional paradigm to help educators create focused instruction, transform the classroom experience, and dramatically raise--and sustain--performance levels for students and teachers alike. This book provides the breakthrough concepts needed for developing precise, validated, data-driven instruction personalized to each and every student.

Synthesizing the best of current instructional models, this framework focuses on the components of the Triple P Breakthrough Personalization--meaningful, student-centered classroom interactions; Precision--using formative assessments to monitor individual student progress; and Professional Learning--daily, ongoing learning for all educators.

Helping educators create expert instructional systems while breaking through the "prescription trap," the authors introduce unique elements of the Breakthrough model,


Improvement by design
Assessment for learning
Critical learning instructional paths
Mapping instructional paths
Smart use of data to drive instruction
Locking in ongoing improvement
Breakthrough establishes the tipping point for moving toward personalized, high-quality instruction and learning in the classroom to ensure continuous improvement and ongoing academic success.

Genres: Education

136 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Robert Hultman · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you want all the answers without any specifics, you’re reading the right book. Some good ideas, but too deep and too shallow at once to be very practical for a teacher. Needs to be revised to include more brain development (NME) and similar concepts.

[Patrick Quirk · Rating 5 out of 5]

I work in the education industry, but I am not an educator. That said, this book outlines a framework for the type of dramtic improvements to our education system that I would expect to see as the result of our country's significant investment in education through ARRA. I will be interested in talking with those who are actually educators to get their take on what seems to get to the heart of the matter, the classroom.

[Donna (Jaevenstar) · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a book that I have been reading for a book study at my school. I think the authors have fantastic ideas and theories for school reform, but they stop at that - theories. They fail to provide specific strategies and concrete examples of how to put these breakthrough reforms into practice.

[Andrew]

It would be wonderful to think that everyone who read this book immediately shared it with 4-5 colleagues and then set about planning how to bring this ideal to reality. The cynic in me says it won't happen any time soon, but the optimist in me says the Breakthrough may be nearer than I think. Definately a model of education worthy of consideration.

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a must read for all of us in the field of Education! It is a real motivator for making the needed changes in Education, for the sake of students and teachers alike.