Schools Our Children Deserve Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and Tougher Standards

Name: Schools Our Children Deserve Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and Tougher Standards
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ISBN: 9780618083459

ISBN-10: 0618083456

ISBN-13: 9780618083459

Edition: 2000

Authors: Alfie Kohn

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In this "lively, provocative and well-researched book" (Theodore Sizer), AlÞe Kohn builds a powerful argument against the "back to basics" philosophy of teaching and simplistic demands to "raise the bar." Drawing on stories from real classrooms and extensive research, Kohn shows parents, educators, and others interested in the debate how schools can help students explore ideas rather than filling them with forgettable facts and preparing them for standardized tests.Here at last is a book that challenges the two dominant forces in American education: an aggressive nostalgia for traditional teaching ("If it was bad enough for me, it"s bad enough for my kids") and a heavy-handed push for…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/5/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Alfie Kohn was described by "Time" as "the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades & test scores." The author of the influential "No Contest" & "Punished by Rewards," he writes & speaks widely about human behavior, education, & social theory. He lives in Belmont, Massachusetts.




Forward ... Into the Past



Tougher Standards Versus Better Education



Getting Motivation Wrong: The Costs of Overemphasizing Achievement



Getting Teaching and Learning Wrong: Traditional Education and Its Victims



Getting Evaluation Wrong: The Case Against Standardized Testing



Getting School Reform Wrong: The Arrogance of Top-Down Coercion



Getting Improvement Wrong: Confusing Harder with Better



For the Love of Learning



Starting from Scratch



Education at Its Best



Getting the 3 R's Right



The Way Out



The Hard Evidence



What to Look For in a Classroom


Notes


References


Acknowledgments


Index