Wounded by school : recapturing the joy in learning and standing up to old school culture

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Title:

Wounded by school : recapturing the joy in learning and standing up to old school culture

Author:

Olson, Kirsten.

Personal Author:

Olson, Kirsten.

Publication Information:

New York ; London : Teachers College Press, [2009]

Physical Description:

xviii, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Summary:

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. She also 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.

Language:

English

Contents:

What are school wounds? -- Kinds of wounds -- Why do schools lacerate? -- How do people heal? -- Stages of healing -- Wounded schools -- Parents who heal -- Teachers who heal -- Students healing one another.

Subject Term:

School failure -- United States -- Case studies.

Learning, Psychology of -- Case studies.

Alienation (Social psychology) -- Case studies.

Problem children -- Education -- Case studies.

Motivation in education -- United States -- Case studies.

Added Author:

Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944-

Palmer, Parker J.

ISBN:

9780807749555

9780807749562