Role Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom

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About

Imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning. A school curriculum that values questions above answers … creativity above fact regurgitation … individuality above conformity … and excellence above standardized performance. … And we must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards,' more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy.

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Rebelling Against Traditional Methods

Tapping into Intrinsic Motivation

Letting Go of Homework and Worksheets

About the authors

Mark Barnes is a 20-year classroom teacher and creator of the Results Only Learning Environment (ROLE), a progressive, student-centered classroom that eliminates all traditional teaching methods, including grades. While transforming his classroom into a ROLE, Barnes has also revolutionized K–12 web-based instruction by bringing private student websites into his classroom—an extension of school into cyberspace.

Barnes has developed five online courses on digital strategies for educators, taught through two accredited colleges in Ohio. A popular speaker and presenter, Barnes is also a Discovery Education Network Star Educator, honored for his work in education technology.