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"A school's MicroSociety program is not a gimmick, as Professor Cherniss carefully describes and discusses. It is a process that gives students responsibilities and obligations. They experience the benefits of collaboration and the problems of group cohesion, and they learn how and why the bottom line of their economic enterprise requires foresight, decision-making, flexibility, creativity, and more. Are there problems in creating and maintaining such an enterprise? Yes, but Professor Cherniss candidly, critically, sympathetically, and constructively explains why readers will have no doubt that the MicroSociety's educational potential is indeed great. It is the opposite of a transient fad, of which there has been a surfeit." (Seymour B. Sarason, Professor Emeritus )
"Cary Cherniss documents thoroughly and thoughtfully the significant elements of the change process in adopting comprehensive school reform. Applying the detailed case studies of MicroSociety, he captures the essence of a powerful model that is focused on facilitating student learning through leaderhsip development and empowerment. Extraordinary insights and analysis on a range of topics, from emotional intelligence to funding, provide lessons learned to inform what actually matters for sustainable impact. This book is essential reading for every education entrepreneur." (Libia S. Gil, Senior Fellow )
"Cary Cherniss documents thoroughly and thoughtfully the significant elements of the change process in adopting comprehensive school reform. Applying the detailed case studies of MicroSociety, he captures the essence of a powerful model that is focused on facilitating student learning through leaderhsip development and empowerment. Extraordinary insights and analysis on a range of topics, from emotional intelligence to funding, provide lessons learned to inform what actually matters for sustainable impact. This book is essential reading for every education entrepreneur." (Libia S. Gil, Senior Fellow )
About the Author
Cary Cherniss currently is Professor of Applied Psychology and Director of the Organizational Psychology Program in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He also has taught at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the University of Illinois in Chicago, the Chicago Medical School, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He received his PhD in psychology from Yale University in 1972. Dr. Cherniss specializes in the areas of emotional intelligence, professional burnout, management training and development, and planned organizational change. He has published more than 50 scholarly articles and book chapters on these topics, as well as six books: The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace (with Daniel Goleman); Promoting Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: Guidelines for Practitioners (with Mitchel Adler); The Human Side of Corporate Competitiveness (with Daniel Fishman); Professional Burnout in Human Service Organizations; Staff Burnout; and Beyond Burnout: Helping Teachers, Nurses, Therapists, and Lawyers Recover From Stress and Disillusionment. In addition to his research and writing, Dr. Cherniss has consulted with many schools and school districts. He also has consulted with other kinds of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including American Express Financial Advisors, Johnson & Johnson, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Honeywell, and PSEG Power. He currently is the director and cochair (with Daniel Goleman) of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and past president of its Division 27 (Society for Community Research and Action), and he is a member of the Academy of Management.
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great program but I have solved the problems this program comes with.,
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This review is from: School Change and the MicroSociety® Program (Hardcover)
This book outlines a very good program but it has some serious drawbacks. There is a way to do what this project is seeking to do but without the built in problems this program produces. The Future Leaders of the World Project does the job but without the problems that this program has and does it much cheaper and with less hassle for teachers and administrators. younger kids will find this program extreamely exciting but I think middle and high school students would require a lot of teacher work. Teachers should be teaching their subject not necessarly setting up business for kids to operate. the review that you can read on line was a real entisement to get the book.
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Imagine that you are in a public elementary school somewhere in the United States and it is 7:45 a.m. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Montgomery Middle, City Magnet, Overview of the Program, Challenges Encountered, Successful Replication, Wellfleet Elementary School, The Challenge of Sustainability, George Richmond, Sustaining School Change, Junior Achievement, New American Schools, Bill Nelson, Internal Revenue Service, Janet Duncan, Mary Pierce, Mesquite Elementary School, New York New!
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Imagine that you are in a public elementary school somewhere in the United States and it is 7:45 a.m. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Montgomery Middle, City Magnet, Overview of the Program, Challenges Encountered, Successful Replication, Wellfleet Elementary School, The Challenge of Sustainability, George Richmond, Sustaining School Change, Junior Achievement, New American Schools, Bill Nelson, Internal Revenue Service, Janet Duncan, Mary Pierce, Mesquite Elementary School, New York New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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books:
- The Human Side of Corporate Competitiveness by Daniel Fishman in Front Matter
- Leadership in Education (Centre for Educational Leadership and Management) by Mark Brundrett in Back Matter
- Core Knowledge (Kindergarten Teacher Handbook) by Jr. E. D. Hirsch in Front Matter
- Beyond Burnout: Helping Teachers, Nurses, Therapists and Lawyers Recover From Stress and Disillusionment by Cary Cherniss in Front Matter
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