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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Frank Smith |
ISBN: | 080773750X 9780807737507 |
OCLC Number: | 38304345 |
Description: | viii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | I. What's going on here? : 1. A tale of two visions -- II. The classic view of learning and forgetting : 2. A question of identity -- 3. The immensity of children's learning -- 4. Joining the literacy club -- 5. Learning through life -- III. The official theory of learning and forgetting : 6. Undermining traditional wisdom -- 7. Fabricating a theory of learning -- 8. The entry of the testers -- 9. More spoils of war -- 10. The official theory goes on-line -- IV. Repairing the damage : 11. Liberating our own learning -- 12. Liberating schools and education. |
Other Titles: | Book of learning & forgetting |
Responsibility: | Frank Smith. |
Abstract:
This volume argues that schools and educational authorities obstruct the interent learning abilities of children, thereby creating handicaps that often persist through life. He presents contrasting views regarding learning, aiming to combat ""sterile"" attitudes towards teaching.
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