The feel-good curriculum
Subtitle: the dumbing-down of America's kids in the name of self-esteem
By: Maureen Stout
Publisher: Perseus Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780738202570; 9780738204352
Subjects: Éducation; Social aspects; Estime de soi; Aspect social; Training of; Formation; Teachers; Schulkritik; Enseignement; Educational change; Education; Enseignants; Réforme; Self-esteem
Other titles: Feel-good curriculum; Dumbing-down of America's kids in the name of self-esteem
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The false prophet of self-esteem; title: Part I. Creating a culture of therapy: How we got here from there. What is school for, anyway?; title: Inside the Ed School: The politics of teacher education; title: What's so progressive about this: Child-centered education and the transformation of the American public school; title: Part II. Therapy nation: Culture and schooling in contemporary America. The rake's progress: Self-esteem takes over; title: Nothing more than feelings: The naked truth about self-esteem; title: Practicing self-esteem: Magic, myths, and masquerades; title: Part III. Challenging the consequences of self-esteem. Too many degrees of separation: Self-esteem and the death of community; title: The return of ethics in education: Answering emotivism; title: Back to the future: From cynicism to skepticism and hope; title: Epilogue: Education for a new millennium.