Overschooled but undereducated : how the crisis in education is jeopardizing our adolescents / John Abbott with Heather MacTaggart.

By:

Abbott, John

Contributor(s):

McTaggart, Heather

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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.Description: xxiv, 310 p. : 21 cmISBN:

9781855396234

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LOC classification:

LC 191.8.G7 .Ab34 2010

Summary: Contents: A fable: the whole story in fewer than 2,500 words -- Wonder of learning -- Human nature: a brain for all times -- Nurture and culture -- Hands-on apprentices to hands-off pupils -- Lest we fail to learn from our mistakes -- Adolescents left out -- What kind of education for what kind of world? -- Knowing what we know; what�s to be done? -- Appendix A: the 21st century learning initiative -- Appendix B: Synthesis -- Appendix C: Prophets of a future not our own

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: A fable: the whole story in fewer than 2,500 words -- Wonder of learning -- Human nature: a brain for all times -- Nurture and culture -- Hands-on apprentices to hands-off pupils -- Lest we fail to learn from our mistakes -- Adolescents left out -- What kind of education for what kind of world? -- Knowing what we know; what�s to be done? -- Appendix A: the 21st century learning initiative -- Appendix B: Synthesis -- Appendix C: Prophets of a future not our own

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Overschooled but undereducated : how the crisis in education is jeopardizing our adolescents / John Abbott with Heather MacTaggart.

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