| Description |
215 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Progressive education: why it's hard to beat, but also hard to find -- Challenging students and how to have more of them -- Getting hit on the head lessons -- It's not what we teach; it's what they learn -- Who's cheating whom? -- How to create nonreaders : reflections on motivation, learning, and sharing power -- The trouble with rubrics -- The value of negative learning -- Unconditional teaching -- Safety from the inside out -- Bad signs -- Feel-bad education : the cult of rigor and the loss of joy -- Against "competitiveness" -- When twenty-first-century schooling just isn't good enough : a modest proposal -- Debunking the case for national standards -- Atrocious advice from supernanny -- Parental love with strings attached -- Why self-discipline is overrated : the (troubling) theory and practice of control from within -- Cash incentives won't make us healthier. |
| Subject |
Public schools -- United States.
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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| Added Title |
Feel bad education |
| ISBN |
9780807001400 paperback alkaline paper $15.00 |
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0807001406 paperback alkaline paper |
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