In this thought-provoking book, Frank Smith explains how schools and educational authorities systematically obstruct the powerful inherent learning abilities of children, creating handicaps that often persist through life. The author eloquently contrasts a false and fabricated “official theory” that learning is work (used to justify the external control of teachers and students through excessive regulation and massive testing) with a correct but officially suppressed “classic view” that learning is a social process that can occur naturally and continually through collaborative activities. This book will be crucial reading in a time when national authorities continue to blame teachers and students for alleged failures in education. It will help educators and parents to combat sterile attitudes toward teaching and learning and prevent current practices from doing further harm.
The Book of Learning and Forgetting
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Author: Smith, Frank
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780807737507
Details:
Author: Smith, Frank
Brand: Teachers College Press
Features:
- Used Book in Good Condition
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 144
Release Date: 02-04-1998
Part Number: Illustrations
Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches Languages: English