Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture
By Kirsten Olson.
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damaging the single most essential component to education―the joy of learningHow do we recognize the "wounds" caused by outdated schooling policies?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 crea...
ISBN(s)
0807749559, 9780807749555
