How School Crushes Creativity: And Why Self-Education Is Becoming the New Ethos Contributor(s): Peters, Karma (Author) |
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ISBN: 1506091245 ISBN-13: 9781506091242 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2015 |
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BISAC Categories: - Education | Aims & Objectives |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.65 lbs) 216 pages |
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Publisher Description: HAS TRADITIONAL EDUCATION BECOME AN UNHAPPY AND IRREPARABLY UNPRODUCTIVE PASSAGE FOR MOST CHILDREN? The answer is not clear-cut, but the question's social and economic overtones are. At a time when policymakers, social commentators and parents burst beyond the public-education system's boundaries to make topics of teacher accountability, school performance and federal subsidies a source of unending socioeconomic debate, traditional education is gradually denying students a key ingredient for existential fulfillment: creativity. The book explains why creativity and imagination are as momentous as math, reading and science, excavating new ground in the debate for a better school and supplying a theoretical foundation for the solving of some of the most vexing problems faced by modern-day educators, policymakers, social scientists and businesspeople. The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through thought-provoking questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it - alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. After reading this book, you will understand:
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