"In contrast to the persistent trend of simplifying teaching via reductive evaluation tools, Costa, Garmston, and Zimmerman dive fearlessly into its complexities. Cultivating "cognitive capital' is a refreezing new direction for educators to embrace. The ideas and recommended actions in this fascinating book support a culture of thoughtful innovation which develops mindful an resourceful professionals. The contemporary learners in our classroom need nothing less. "
Heidi Hayes Jacobs, President, Curriculum Designers, Inc. curriculum21.com
"Cognitive Capital is a manifesto for a little understood and highly important phenomenon: the cognitive power of teachers. The book rests on the belief that with an understanding of the development a teacher’s cognitive capacity and the factors allowing for its flourishing, educators can improve teacher education and education writ large...In this sense, the book is a call to justice with the opening declaration. The tone is especially relevant as the future of education conjures images of teachers as robots, data-driven teacher assessment, and more generally the movement of educational technology displacing the teacher in the classroom and the allure of standardization. These are not fears for everyone, but for many educators, especially teachers, they are real fears."
Link to entire book review: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=17498 From: Teacher's College Record--Carmen James
Heidi Hayes Jacobs, President, Curriculum Designers, Inc. curriculum21.com
"Cognitive Capital is a manifesto for a little understood and highly important phenomenon: the cognitive power of teachers. The book rests on the belief that with an understanding of the development a teacher’s cognitive capacity and the factors allowing for its flourishing, educators can improve teacher education and education writ large...In this sense, the book is a call to justice with the opening declaration. The tone is especially relevant as the future of education conjures images of teachers as robots, data-driven teacher assessment, and more generally the movement of educational technology displacing the teacher in the classroom and the allure of standardization. These are not fears for everyone, but for many educators, especially teachers, they are real fears."
Link to entire book review: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=17498 From: Teacher's College Record--Carmen James
