Re-Engineering Education -
An Outcomes Based, Open Source Approach
 

Essays on Education Process Reform

by Don Estes

Table of Contents

Abstract: An Outcomes Based, Open Source Approach

Preface

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - A Model of Schools from Systems Dynamics

Chapter 3 - History of Education Reform in the USA

Chapter 4 - Summary of Principles of Business Process Re-Engineering

Chapter 5 - Analysis of the Educational Ecosystem

Chapter 6 - Theory of a Solution

Chapter 7 - Practical Implementation of a Solution

Chapter 8 - Diploma Qualification

Chapter 9 - Learning Styles and Alternative Instruction Modalities

Chapter 10 - Taxonomy of Courses

Chapter 11 - Mathematics - The First Courses

Chapter 12 - A Day in the Life - A Student's Perspective of the Proposed Implementation

Chapter 13 - A Teacher's Perspective of the Proposed Implementation

Chapter 14 - An Administrative Perspective of the Proposal Implementation

Chapter 15 - A Parent's Perspective of the Proposed Implementation

Chapter 16 - A Political Perspective of the Proposed Implementation

Chapter 17 - Applying the Open Source Philosophy to Education

Chapter 18 - Conceptual Definitions

Chapter 19 - Implementational Definitions

Chapter 20 - Software Design

Chapter 21 - Gradual Implementation in Existing Schools

Chapter 22 - Defects in the Proposal

Chapter 23 - Conclusion and Next Steps

© 2008 by Don Estes