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Clay Christensen's groundbreaking bestselling work in education now updated and expanded, including a new chapter on Christensen's seminal "Jobs to Be Done" theory applied to education.
"Provocatively titled, Disrupting Class is just what America's K-12 education system needs--a well thought-through proposal for using technology to better serve students and bring our schools into the 21st Century. Unlike so many education 'reforms,' this is not small-bore stuff. For that reason alone, it's likely to be resisted by defenders of the status quo, even though it's necessary and right for our kids. We owe it to them to make sure this book isn't merely a terrific read; it must become a blueprint for educational transformation."
—Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
"A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education."
—Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great
“Just as iTunes revolutionized the music industry, technology has the potential to transform education in America so that every one of the nation’s 50 million students receives a high quality education. Disrupting Class is a must-read, as it shows us how we can blaze that trail toward transformation.”
—Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida
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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Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on innovation and growth. He is author or coauthor of five books including the New York Times bestsellers, The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution.
Michael Horn is the co-founder and Executive Director, Education of Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank devoted to applying the theories of disruptive innovation to problems in the social sector. Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. He holds an AB from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.
Curtis Johnson, once a teacher and later a college president, is a writer and consultant. He was head of the public policy research organization that launched the idea of chartered schools and chief of staff to former governor Arne Carlson of Minnesota. Co-author of three books on how metropolitan regions have to adapt to new realities to be successful places, Johnson is a partner with the Citistates Group and the managing partner of Education Evolving, a project of the Center for Policy Studies. He is a graduate of Baylor University with a PhD from the College of Education at the University of Texas.
Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on innovation and growth. He is author or coauthor of five books including the New York Times bestsellers, The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution.
Michael Horn is the co-founder and Executive Director, Education of Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank devoted to applying the theories of disruptive innovation to problems in the social sector. Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. He holds an AB from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.
Curtis Johnson, once a teacher and later a college president, is a writer and consultant. He was head of the public policy research organization that launched the idea of chartered schools and chief of staff to former governor Arne Carlson of Minnesota. Co-author of three books on how metropolitan regions have to adapt to new realities to be successful places, Johnson is a partner with the Citistates Group and the managing partner of Education Evolving, a project of the Center for Policy Studies. He is a graduate of Baylor University with a PhD from the College of Education at the University of Texas.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Fabulous book that offers great analysis and insight
28 Aug 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I bought this book in the process of researching the future of education for a graduate school and found myself taking notes as I went along. The book is structured in an easy to read fashion, and is a fairly short read, but it is packed with great information. As it says on the cover it revolves on Clayton Christensen's theories on Disruptive Innovation. It focuses on education from grades K-12.
Disruptive Innovation in a nutshell, is an innovation that brings improvements that are different than those traditionally used in measuring the quality of a product in a specific industry. Christensen has found that this kind of innovation has a good chance of being overlooked by the incumbent industry leaders because it is deficient in the areas the industry leaders view as key. And because technology generally develops faster than the demand of the consumers, this new product soon "catches up" to consumers, and also provides additional advantages. An example is the MP3 player, which provided advantages that old music systems did not (namely storage) but initially did not have the sound quality to draw those who were listening on CD players and the like (industry leaders at the time were looking at metrics like sound quality to consider products.)
When it comes to education, Christensen and the other authors posit that "student-centric education", made possible through technology, fits the model of disruptive innovation. They take the time to illustrate how such education is developing, illustrate the differences between the school system and standard businesses (in disruptive innovation) and make some predictions about the future of education. They also wrap up the book by telling how one can utilize such tools as parents or students, and provide insight for educators on how to implement different elements. The book also provides references to a ton of useful material.
As can be seen I rated the book 5 stars and think it is a fabulous resource.
Added 8/28/11
For those who want more information, here's a chapter summary:
Chapter 1: Students learn in different ways. Customizing education to allow students to learn in the way they learn best will improve intrinsic motivation. Need a student-centered approach. Technology is an important vehicle towards making this happen.
Chapter 2: Disruptive innovation shows us that schools in the US have improved, while standards of success have shifted. This provides confidence that changes can be made. Chapter provides overview on disruptive innovation.
Chapter 3: How can we change from the "interdependent curricular architecture" of most schools to a "modular, student-centric" approach? How do we move from one education for all to education for each individual? Further why have schools, which have spent $60 billion placing computers in classrooms not done this yet? Answer to this question is that they have looked to incorporate computers into their existing model instead of allowing it to develop in a new model.
Chapter 4: How can it then be implemented? Have it compete against "non-consumption" where the alternative is to do nothing at all. Current examples are included in this chapter.
Chapter 5: Disruption has 2 stages. Some changes must also be made outside the public school classroom. Disruption and student-centric technology must first solve problems outside of the classroom. Educated guesses on what that may look like are included in this chapter.
Chapter 6: Focus on pre-school years.
Chapter 7: Standard research approach in colleges has not provided clear guidance to educators. Chapter focuses on ways education research can improve predictability in education.
Chapter 8: Managerial toolkit to those working on changing.
Chapter 9: Which teams are appropriate for which changes? Also, a new way to visualize the role of chartered schools.
Disruptive Innovation in a nutshell, is an innovation that brings improvements that are different than those traditionally used in measuring the quality of a product in a specific industry. Christensen has found that this kind of innovation has a good chance of being overlooked by the incumbent industry leaders because it is deficient in the areas the industry leaders view as key. And because technology generally develops faster than the demand of the consumers, this new product soon "catches up" to consumers, and also provides additional advantages. An example is the MP3 player, which provided advantages that old music systems did not (namely storage) but initially did not have the sound quality to draw those who were listening on CD players and the like (industry leaders at the time were looking at metrics like sound quality to consider products.)
When it comes to education, Christensen and the other authors posit that "student-centric education", made possible through technology, fits the model of disruptive innovation. They take the time to illustrate how such education is developing, illustrate the differences between the school system and standard businesses (in disruptive innovation) and make some predictions about the future of education. They also wrap up the book by telling how one can utilize such tools as parents or students, and provide insight for educators on how to implement different elements. The book also provides references to a ton of useful material.
As can be seen I rated the book 5 stars and think it is a fabulous resource.
Added 8/28/11
For those who want more information, here's a chapter summary:
Chapter 1: Students learn in different ways. Customizing education to allow students to learn in the way they learn best will improve intrinsic motivation. Need a student-centered approach. Technology is an important vehicle towards making this happen.
Chapter 2: Disruptive innovation shows us that schools in the US have improved, while standards of success have shifted. This provides confidence that changes can be made. Chapter provides overview on disruptive innovation.
Chapter 3: How can we change from the "interdependent curricular architecture" of most schools to a "modular, student-centric" approach? How do we move from one education for all to education for each individual? Further why have schools, which have spent $60 billion placing computers in classrooms not done this yet? Answer to this question is that they have looked to incorporate computers into their existing model instead of allowing it to develop in a new model.
Chapter 4: How can it then be implemented? Have it compete against "non-consumption" where the alternative is to do nothing at all. Current examples are included in this chapter.
Chapter 5: Disruption has 2 stages. Some changes must also be made outside the public school classroom. Disruption and student-centric technology must first solve problems outside of the classroom. Educated guesses on what that may look like are included in this chapter.
Chapter 6: Focus on pre-school years.
Chapter 7: Standard research approach in colleges has not provided clear guidance to educators. Chapter focuses on ways education research can improve predictability in education.
Chapter 8: Managerial toolkit to those working on changing.
Chapter 9: Which teams are appropriate for which changes? Also, a new way to visualize the role of chartered schools.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Inspiring Vision of Education's Future
9 Jan 2012
Format:Hardcover
Christensen, Horn, and Johnson have written a short but compelling book that challenges US Education
to address the needs of all its students. Starting with the premise that students have a number of
different learning styles, they argue that the school of the future can and should deliver a customized
education to every individual.
As difficult as that may sound, they see a way to achieve it: Tap into an exploding body of self-paced,
online presentations. They see these presentations as the work of parents, teachers, and other students,
who will develop them as a way to cement their own learning and contribute to the wider world.
In this model, "disruptive" to the status quo, teachers become guides and tutors, who get to know each
of their students, select material appropriate for their learning styles, and help them overcome obstacles.
The authors' vision attempts to address the issue they see as most responsible for student failure:
lack of intrinsic motivation. (They make quick but reasonably persuasive arguments that most other
alleged causes of school problems don't hold up under scrutiny.) They cite research saying that most
students will engage with schooling if they experience real success (not just praise for its own sake),
and get to spend time with their friends. Frequent online testing, allowing students to be challenged but
to demonstrate mastery frequently, is just what's needed to help pupils feel the sense of accomplishment
that will keep them moving forward.
The book is, in effect, an extension of Christensen's "Innovator's" series, which explore his theories of
how new products and services rise in the market. In education, the authors argue, people who share
their vision of the future should be developing solutions for underserved populations (special ed,
Advanced Placement students, students with learning styles that don't match those in the textbooks, etc.).
They caution against trying to implement this vision by confronting school boards and/or unions head-on.
(They provide a model describing how decisions can be made when people disagree on goals or
recommended approaches. )
The text shows its origins in the world of business. Examples of companies and markets abound,
providing analogies the authors believe should inform thinking about education. An ambitious work,
it tries to give pithy advice to all constituencies: students, teachers, parents, administrators, philanthropists,
software developers, college teachers of Education, and education researchers. The result is sometimes
a bit scattered, and probably speaks more to a business owner interested in education than to actual educators.
The overall impact is thought-provoking and even inspiring, despite predictions that can seem overly bold.
to address the needs of all its students. Starting with the premise that students have a number of
different learning styles, they argue that the school of the future can and should deliver a customized
education to every individual.
As difficult as that may sound, they see a way to achieve it: Tap into an exploding body of self-paced,
online presentations. They see these presentations as the work of parents, teachers, and other students,
who will develop them as a way to cement their own learning and contribute to the wider world.
In this model, "disruptive" to the status quo, teachers become guides and tutors, who get to know each
of their students, select material appropriate for their learning styles, and help them overcome obstacles.
The authors' vision attempts to address the issue they see as most responsible for student failure:
lack of intrinsic motivation. (They make quick but reasonably persuasive arguments that most other
alleged causes of school problems don't hold up under scrutiny.) They cite research saying that most
students will engage with schooling if they experience real success (not just praise for its own sake),
and get to spend time with their friends. Frequent online testing, allowing students to be challenged but
to demonstrate mastery frequently, is just what's needed to help pupils feel the sense of accomplishment
that will keep them moving forward.
The book is, in effect, an extension of Christensen's "Innovator's" series, which explore his theories of
how new products and services rise in the market. In education, the authors argue, people who share
their vision of the future should be developing solutions for underserved populations (special ed,
Advanced Placement students, students with learning styles that don't match those in the textbooks, etc.).
They caution against trying to implement this vision by confronting school boards and/or unions head-on.
(They provide a model describing how decisions can be made when people disagree on goals or
recommended approaches. )
The text shows its origins in the world of business. Examples of companies and markets abound,
providing analogies the authors believe should inform thinking about education. An ambitious work,
it tries to give pithy advice to all constituencies: students, teachers, parents, administrators, philanthropists,
software developers, college teachers of Education, and education researchers. The result is sometimes
a bit scattered, and probably speaks more to a business owner interested in education than to actual educators.
The overall impact is thought-provoking and even inspiring, despite predictions that can seem overly bold.
11 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Good Mistake
11 Jan 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have to be honest I was searching on material for disruptive technology and found this book. I purchased it not realizing that its focus was education and how disruptive technology can help improve education in the USA.
The author uses typical HBR style writing so it is familiar in form and the language it uses is simple to understand. New topics are thoroughly covered and when introduced are given good background. It felt like some ideas were hashed over more than once in the book, but that may have been me remembering content from another source.
So the book was really good. Topic was really good. How good? Well I think I am going to take my copy to my local school supernatant and see if he can find some value in this book too. I have had a ton of ideas and am working to implement them now.
The author uses typical HBR style writing so it is familiar in form and the language it uses is simple to understand. New topics are thoroughly covered and when introduced are given good background. It felt like some ideas were hashed over more than once in the book, but that may have been me remembering content from another source.
So the book was really good. Topic was really good. How good? Well I think I am going to take my copy to my local school supernatant and see if he can find some value in this book too. I have had a ton of ideas and am working to implement them now.
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