Disrupting Class Book, by Clayton M. Christensen

How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

A crash course in the business of learning-from the bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution...

"A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education."
-Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great

According to recent studies in neuroscience, the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. If we hope to stay competitive-academically, economically, and technologically-we need to rethink our understanding of intelligence, reevaluate our educational system, and reinvigorate our commitment to learning. In other words, we need "disruptive innovation."

Now, in his long-awaited new book, Clayton M. Christensen and coauthors Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson take one of the most important issues of our time-education-and apply Christensen's now-famous theories of "disruptive" change using a wide range of real-life examples. Whether you're a school administrator, government official, business leader, parent, teacher, or entrepreneur, you'll discover surprising new ideas, outside-the-box strategies, and straight-A success stories.

You'll learn how

* Customized learning will help many more students succeed in school
* Student-centric classrooms will increase the demand for new technology
* Computers must be disruptively deployed to every student
* Disruptive innovation can circumvent roadblocks that have prevented other attempts at school reform
* We can compete in the global classroom-and get ahead in the global market

Filled with fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and unprecedented insights on how innovation must be managed, Disrupting Class will open your eyes to new possibilities, unlock hidden potential, and get you to think differently. Professor Christensen and his coauthors provide a bold new lesson in innovation that will help you make the grade for years to come.

The future is now. Class is in session.

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[gbartelson]

Computerized learning does not have to be isolated, nor does it mean that it is not useful for helping people learn to work in diverse ways. It is just something that needs to be thought through and integrated into the curriculum.

[gbartelson]

Computerized learning does not have to be isolated, nor does it mean that it is not useful for helping people learn to work in diverse ways. It is just something that needs to be thought through and integrated into the curriculum.

[theupsidedowner]

Good point. While it is important to utilize technology, we cannot forget about one of our greatest learning assets - each other!

[eppsteacher]

that is to say "read" the book first...

:-)

[eppsteacher]

hmmmmmmmmm....

I'll have to rad the book first.

Mike in NJ

[guidebytheside]

Clay has the answer to getting rid of the Sage on the Stage mentality in the ubiquitous factory model schools that are irrelevant to students and less than useful to society.

[rwburk]

The technology-based learning of which Christiensen speaks is highly interactive and dependent upon collaboration and networking, and does not diminish a student's ability to deal with people. While I agree that some software-based learning programs do not depend upon any kind of social construct, the true learning communities referred to in the book actually create authentic learning experiences involving the interaction of people all over the globe (e.g. foreign languages).

[MrFrankBullitt]

The problem is once these students get out into the world, they are going to be dependent on this type of learning.

In the real world, they will be expected to interact and solve problems with people - not computers.