Leslie Brokaw; Pamela Cuthbert; James Hale; Andrew Hempstead; Paul Karr; Chris McBeath; Bill McRae; Kirsten Murphy; Donald Olson John Wiley & Sons (2012) Pehmeäkantinen kirja
John Wiley & Sons Sivumäärä: 240 sivua Asu: Pehmeäkantinen kirja Julkaisuvuosi: 2009, 23.04.2009 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
While reformers and policymakers focus on achievement gaps, testing, and accountability, millions of students mentally and emotionally disengage from learning and many gifted teachers leave the field. Ironically, today’s schooling is damaging the single most essential component to education—the joy of learning
How do we recognize the "wounds" caused by outdated schooling policies? How do we heal them? In her controversial new book, education writer and critic Kirsten Olson brings to light the devastating consequences of an educational approach that values conformity over creativity, flattens students’ interests, and dampens down differences among learners. Drawing on deeply emotional stories, Olson shows that current institutional structures do not produce the kinds of minds and thinking that society really needs. Instead, the system tends to shame, disable, and bore many learners. Most importantly, she presents the experiences of wounded learners who have healed and shows what teachers, parents, and students can do right now to help themselves stay healthy.