TY - BOOK AU - Abbott, John AU - McTaggart, Heather TI - Overschooled but undereducated: how the crisis in education is jeopardizing our adolescents SN - 9781855396234 AV - LC 191.8.G7 .Ab34 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - London ; New York PB - Continuum KW - Education KW - Social aspects KW - Great Britain KW - Aims and objectives KW - History KW - Teenagers KW - Social conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; EDU N2 - 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 ER -