| Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture Contributor(s): Olson, Kirsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807749559 ISBN-13: 9780807749555 Publisher: Teachers College Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: How do we recognize the "wounds" cA01sed by outdated schooling policies? How do we heal them? In her provocative 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Education | Aims & Objectives - Education | Professional Development |
| Dewey: 371.152 |
| LCCN: 2008054811 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.12" W x 8.9" (0.76 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Catalog Heading - Professional - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
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| Publisher Description: 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damaging the single most essential component to education--the joy of learning How do we recognize the wounds caused by outdated schooling policies?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. |